Free will. It's an interesting concept. Human beings choose to believe that they have some level of agency over the course of their lives, some measure of control. But that's all it is-a measure. An ineffectual effort to assert power over circumstances far beyond any of our reach. And it's true of us all, no matter where we stand on the social spectrum. While a child trapped, without resource or advantage, in the inner city is likely to know a lifetime of disenfranchisement, the grandest dame of the Junior League is equally a product of social expectations, of the conventions of her peers, of he culture of consumerism. It's a paradox-those with the most capital are often those least free, burdened as they are by a need to acquire, to compete. . . to spend. This fierce drive toward commercialism shifts the power dynamic away from them.
(Adapted from Fearless #35: Exposed)
Kind of chim..Don't really understand. :P
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