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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I am of the opinion that culture drives society and not the other way around.
We are not as free as we would like to believe we are.
Big-corporate marketing has made us who we are.
To think otherwise if to unduly flatter ourselves.
It would be way cooler if we were as free as we think we are - even in our own minds.
It just doesn't look that way...
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I do believe that culture reflects where we are at any given point in time, but that doesn't mean I believe we are free.
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