DAVID MAMET (b.1947) said: "Those with "something to fall back on" invariably fall back on it. They intended to all along. That is why they provided themselves with it. But those with no alternative see the world differently."
- David Alan Mamet.

The motivation to make things strange is probably a certain amount of dissatisfaction in the way things are. Our society has structured so many safety nets, so many different loopholes that an individual may never feel trapped or without an alternative. But it's without alternative that we'll begin...

Those without anything to fall back on are fearless.

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