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>I think some people will never understand the desire of others to simply be left alone. Is that what he really wanted thought? Nobody was preventing Thoreau f
by xnyan 3y ago
>I think some people will never understand the desire of others to simply be left alone.
Is that what he really wanted thought? Nobody was preventing Thoreau from disappearing into the wilderness. He did not do that because it would have been 1) very difficult and 2) quite dangerous. He was perfectly willing to embrace society when it benefited him personally.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoYeah, I think that is a fair point, and basically the crux of things. Some people want to engage with society only on their own terms, and to the extent it benefits them. It it is the case now, as it was then, that social participation is a more of a package deal, not itemized interactions. Some people chafe under this.
- MrMan 3y ago[dead]