On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Brian Siano wrote:
> And when you say that people will "most likely wear the kind of
> clothes that his/her peer culture expects," then they are _limiting
> themselves_ more than anything else.
What is this? Ayn Rand? The true individual lives his own life, and if a person's weak-willed enough to be influenced by social forces, we should blame the individual for lack of independence? You seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that social relations make possible your individuality; social relations do not just influence the "weak-willed".
This is like arguing with a fundamentalist about the existence of God.
> This is _gibberish_. Do you really think we live in some kind of gulag,
> where choice is impossible, where variety doesn't exist, and where
> abundance is just some trick concocted by marketing experts? Why would
> you even _want_ to believe this?
Why would you want to ignore how social relations have shaped your thinking and your behavior? (And again, if you take this as an insult that you're a mindless sheep, you've not understood any of the posts in this thread.)
Miles