"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off"
'The things you own, end up owning you.'
"Love is a responsibility of making those we love, better than they are, in a way they like. And it's only qualification is to be able to love yourself." - My Grandma.
And this was back in....1999. Before the internet, social media and influenzas.
Minimalism > Materialism
that monologue from the "Fight Club" 🫰
The only instance where the movie is much much better than the book. The book is good, but the movie takes it up a few notches, especially Brad Pitt's acting.
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