Erich Fromm. The art of love (№ 390754)

To prove that capitalism correspond to the natural needs of human, it was necessary to prove that man is by nature inclined to competition and is full of hostility to others. While economists "proved" it, mention insatiable lust for economic gain, and Darwinists, speaking of the biological law of survival of the fittest creatures, Freud came to the same result, believing that a man directs limitless desire sexual conquest of all women, and only public pressure prevented the realization of this desire.