i fully agree with marx that every individual must give back to society to the best of his ability and that assets and retirement at any age are perversions that distort man from his true essence which is to formulate reciprocal relations for survival.138 and for those who obtain affluence and do nothing but pursue pleasures throughout their years , they will ultimately find them cloying and vapid and that their lives have no sense of meaning whatsoever ; for , except in befriending oneself and sharing his inward journey to others , and in perfecting oneself for a more complete nexus to the greater good which is society , doing what he can to contribute the best of himself for the macrocosm , there is no meaning in lifenone whatsoever .