This was Fromm's particular insight about modern industrial civilisation; in past social and productive orders, it was easier to see your oppressor, often in s

This was Fromm's particular insight about modern industrial civilisation; in past social and productive orders, it was easier to see your oppressor, often in singularity. But now, not only is his nature infinitely more obscured, but, in fact, he is a legitimately anonymous, organic whole. Nobody in particular to hold responsible.