[lbo-talk] school uniforms (was: Ehrenreich responds to BDL)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Mike:
> If you think there is no difference between Catholic
> school uniformity and corporate standards of fashion,
> drive by a Catholic school when all the kids are
> standing around in their uniforms waiting for the bus.
> It's the most soul-crushing sight you'll see.

There is a big difference!  The Catholic school uniformity comes
explicitly and unabashedly from above and as a result often instills the
life-long disgust for authority in right-minded individuals.  The
corporate standards of fashion, by contrast, are imposed from above just
as the Catholic school uniformity is - but they are cleverly disguised
as "individual choice."  As a result, people slavishly follow them
without even knowing that they are being remotely controlled.  Worse
yet, they defend the corporate yoke as the epitome of "individual
freedom," as it is often the case in the US. 

Wojtek