Posted by Skep on June 28, 2011 at 20:43:09
In Reply to: Re: Consumerism posted by OT2 on June 28, 2011 at 15:51:56:
You nailed it:
"I agree with your assessment of the “choices” available in TF. They were there, but unless someone realized that and left completely, as soon as possible, as I did, after my own 2 ½ years of self-imposed slavery, we were all like a bunch of overly-programmed lab rats with freely-chosen electrodes tuck in their heads, if you will. Even with doors left open on each of our “cages”, we had to decide to leave against all conditioning—not so easy at first.
"We made ourselves slaves by choice, like hard-line Soviet communists as well as committed jihadists—in the long run; all fools—the blind following the blind, IMO.
"That was my journey; anyway!"
I am glad you, and all of us who did, left.