「不成熟的愛是因為我需要你，所以我愛你；

而成熟的愛是因為我愛你，所以我需要你。

Immature love says: I love you because I need you.

Mature love says: I need you because I love you.」

~哲學家佛洛姆 Erich Fromm~

哲學家弗洛姆預言了一個被佔有慾支配的社會。

他認為人類有兩種基本傾向：「佔有」傾向與「存在」傾向。

一個有「佔有」傾向的人會試圖獲得並且佔有物品、財產、甚至是人。

但是，一個有「存在」傾向的人則注重體驗。

「存在」傾向的人藉由與其他人交流、參與、分享尋求生命的意義。

不幸的是，弗洛姆還預言，

我們現今社會中因商業營利主義趨使注定會是傾向「佔有」的文化，因而導致人們不滿足與空虛。

The philosopher Erich Fromm, he forecast a society that was obsessed with possessions. He believed the human beings had two basic orientations: “having” and “being”.  Now, a person with a “having” orientation seeks to acquire and possess things,  property, even people.  But a person with a “being” orientation focuses on experience.  They derive meaning from exchanging, engaging and sharing with other people.  

Unfortunately, Fromm also predicted that a culture driven by commercialism, like the one we live in today, is doomed to “having” orrientation.  Which lead to dissatisfaction and emptiness.