say that the man should not be subject to something greater than him is not to deny the dignity of the ideals. It forces us, however, a critical analysis of what is an ideal. Today is usually given for granted that an ideal is any order which the prosecution did not involve a material gain any thing by which a person is ready to sacrifice for selfish ends. This is a purely psychological, and even relativistic, the ideal. From this point subjective a fascist, which is driven by a desire to rely on a power, and at the same time to overwhelm the others, has an ideal just as the man who has been fighting for equality and human freedoms. On this basis the problem of ideals can not be resolved in any way.
Erich Fromm
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