I don't quite remember under what circumstances Camus wrote this passage, but talking with friends and his own experience, Camus was really right.
Looking forward to the death of a loved one. What an immoral idea, but it did happen, and it was a normal emotion. When a person falls into a situation of poor study, poor work, less money and poor interpersonal relationship, we all want to go all out to reach the peak of life.
But on the whole, we don't have that great motivation to urge ourselves to finish it, because if we finish it, we will have reached the peak of our lives, and then we need great grief to stimulate this powerful driving force, push us forward and turn grief into strength.
In many TV dramas and movies, such plots often appear, some because of the love between men and women, some for revenge, and some for repayment. Therefore, under the influence of such movies and TV series, we will naturally bring in the protagonist, and then something like "expecting the death of the loved one" will happen.
Of course, this cannot be entirely attributed to the plot of the film and television. After all, this kind of emotion is also said in psychology. That is, many people will have a psychological "earthquake complex", hoping for a major earthquake, all systems will collapse, all rules will collapse, and an ideal new order will suddenly appear, and they are the beneficiaries of this new order.
This is a typical case in psychology. We can't escape or change. We can only hope for a special event, which has great destructive power, and then disintegrate the system, change the rules and become the beneficiaries of the event. Of course, this is just self-paralysis.
The fact is that people who are not good at it from the beginning can hardly become beneficiaries when the rules are broken and new rules are established. Of course, fantasy is enough to comfort people. Moreover, the events that narrowed the gap between the rich and the poor in history were all due to wars and disasters. Back to today in 2020, such a big disaster has not narrowed the gap between the rich and the poor, but has become more and more solidified. The main reason is that the modern government is better able to intervene to ensure the stability of the original system.
Although the "earthquake complex" is only a little personal comfort, there is really no need to think about it. As for the death of relatives, no one will really work hard at their expense. Even if the "earthquake" really happens, the modern government has the ability to ensure the normal operation of the system and rules. So, stop thinking about these things and work hard!