What does this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson mean? "Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater".

Emerson meant that society limits people and imprisons them within a false collectivity.

Explanation:

A joint-stock company is a type of company where the responsibility of the share price is limited to each member, therefore, each member, in this case, partner, has limited freedom, but works in cooperation so that the company is successful .

When Emerson compares society to this type of company, he means that society limits all members based on a false social collectivity, imposed by the family, the community, friends and other things. In order to remain well in this type of society, individuals cannot think for themselves, but act together so that society does not get lost, even if this goes against the personal wishes and desires of each one.

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