"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
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The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK, FIGHT CLUB
The Buyer's Stockholm Syndrome
It happens when we rationalize our purchases, even if we're not satisfied with what we've got.
We're pretty good at convincing ourselves that those flashy, useless, badly thought-out purchases are necessary after all.
Death pushes us to live
Life is limited by death. So, thanks to death we can either say it doesn't make sense to do anything at all (because we're gonna die anyway) or it can also be a reason to give in someone's fear of shame. Since it's all just a bunch of nothing anyway.
Without death everything would b...
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