論工業社會及其未來-某些人如何調整

某些人如何調整

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並不是在工業-科技社會下的每個人都受心理問題所苦。有些人甚至聲稱對社會的現狀很滿意。我們現在就來討論為什麼人們對於現代社會的反應如此不同的原因。

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首先，毫無疑問地對於權力的慾望在強度上人各不同。對權力的慾望較弱的個人可能相對較少需要經歷權力進程，或者至少相對較少需要在權力過程中自治。 這些是溫順類型的人，他們會樂於成為老南部的種植園黑奴。（我們並不是要譏諷老南部的「種植園黑奴」。令人欽佩的是，大部分的奴隸並不甘於他們的奴役。我們的確嘲笑甘於奴役的人們。）

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HOW SOME PEOPLE ADJUST

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Not everyone in industrial-technological society suffers from psychological problems. Some people even profess to be quite satisfied with society as it is. We now discuss some of the reasons why people differ so greatly in their response to modern society.

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First, there doubtless are differences in the strength of the drive for power. Individuals with a weak drive for power may have relatively little need to go through the power process, or at least relatively little need for autonomy in the power process. These are docile types who would have been happy as plantation darkies in the Old South. (We don’t mean to sneer at the “plantation darkies” of the Old South. To their credit, most of the slaves were NOT content with their servitude. We do sneer at people who ARE content with servitude.)