Chap 1 Why Socialism?

"The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence on society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat his natural  rights, or even to his economic existence." p.5 ph 2

(I'd've put "natural rights" in quotes)

"Uknowingly prisoners of their own egotism