Andy: I also stated that society straightjackets
everyone with a very very narrow definition of success in
only one form: money.
You talk about "society" the way Omar Khayyam talks about
fate. That's what gets me, this introjected "society" in
your discourse, like some white noise taken for messages
from the spirit world. "Society" is this faceless other, an
undefined dictator, a free-floating fog of authority.
By "society," do you mean TV or other media? If you
substitute "TV" for "Society," and give people some credit
for being able to resist crass seductions, I wouldn't have
much truck with your comments.
Jobs: they are meant to be simple so that everyone can do
them. That's why money is narrowly defined as success; it's
a tangible kind of success *simple* enough so that everyone
can appreciate it and strive for it.
It's the lowest common denominator, not the amorphous fog
with the straightjacket. Anyone with half a brain knows
enough to resist prefab success or any prefab value. Anyone
with imagination will try to improve what they are given,
instead of merely accepting it.
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