The phenomenological ontological exposition of experiencing fails to net the ego-drives and the various related social drives, the erotics of power in short. These seem to play a large role in everyday 'psychology' but one which is very much historically and culturally mediated. They doubtless melt away in the face any genuine existential crisis, and that probably accounts for their role which is that of a decorative 'hedge', a floral and zoological embroidery with both an aesthetic and a toxic component.