Even from a relative, let alone an absolute viewpoint, there is hardly one man in a thousand of whom it could be said that his wants and thoughts are his own. Both among the ignorant masses and the civilized and privileged classes, the vast majority of human individuals want and think only what the surrounding world wants and thinks: they probably believe that their minds are their own, but they are tied to the servile, routine regurgitation of thoughts and wishes of others, with utterly imperceptible, empty modifications.” (Michael Bakunin)