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I would dress much differently if I could afford to have someone make the clothes I want, to fit me, out of material that I choose.

That thought made me think about style, culture, and all preferences  and how they all seem to be inculcated into our psyches before we are old enough to realize what is happening. It is possible to change them later on, but it isn't easy and requires a great deal of hard work and persistence.

Most of what we consider our culture is about as normal as the natives we found so fascinating with rings around their necks, plates in their lips, eating fried grubs, in National Geographic. We are barbarians surrounded by superstition and fear.

Women's high fashion clothing is not made for women at all. It's made for rich men who like to see women shackled by shoes that throw them off balance and clothing that is inconvenient and uncomfortable.

Churches are a major political party trying to circumvent other parties by using "the Word of God" to control their flocks.

We are still piercing our souls and dancing around campfires while witch doctors sprinkle propaganda and wishes on the flames. And the only way out is education which people want to be able to buy and hang on their wall showing nothing more than they, or their parents, had enough money to frame a piece of fancy paper.

The doorways to freedom are blocked by walls built by those who prefer to keep us smelly and ignorant like the sheep we are often compared to, so the shepherds can continue on in their castle like homes using us to maintain their lifestyles.

We need to learn to think. Not so we can manipulate others, but so we can make rational choices and decisions.