It makes him pass his life under the aegis of a system of fear-sanctions which, for the most part, he will be quite unable to sublimate, and the result will be that sense of continuous frustration which is fatal to freedom.
He argues that living under constant fear of sanctions leads to frustration and undermines true freedom.
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