John Brunner Quote

But there isn't an outside. Talking about society's outcasts or opting out is so much whaledreck. The fact that we generate huge quantities of waste is all that allows people to go outside; they're benefiting from the superficial affluence which conformists use to alleviate boredom. In essence, using the term out is as meaningless as trying to define a location outside the universe. There's no place for outside to be.

context (21) Letter - Stand on Zanzibar (1968)