Aneirin
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From: Tamaris
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Thinking more on this,( Hey, I am redecorating the house, painting everything gives one time to think), Perhaps people are forced to make peace with the establishment via growing older, I mean, as we, well some of us grow older, we find a mate, buy a nest, produce an offspring then spend the rest of one's useful life paying off the debts of that, and any other debts incurred by living as the majority do in the western world. If one follows that path, then what else is there to do, but submit to the status quo, as the status quo, the establishment has you by the short and curlies, you are locked in by responsibility and debt. In which case why bother fighting, when one is stuck anyway, so making peace with the establishment allows one to give up fighting and just accept things the way they are and there battle through like nearly everyone else until such a time comes one is free from financial and responsibility burdens and at last, one can attempt to live their lives as they would have wanted before society pressured the path one was to take.
But to accept the status quo, is what the establishment wants, as it means more lambs to the slaughter and less hassle for them, they can rule with less worry, which goes onto an earlier perception I had that society exists for families, not those that choose not to follow the almost accepted design, where to be single is either frowned upon, suspected of being weird, lonely or just a variable in the equation that does not compute.
Perhaps the societal expectation that we all feel from an early age, that of following the mould set by our families and those before them is how society is structured, structured with families in mind.
The singles are generally thought of those who have not grown up, they are the unknown quantities, that are more often than not idealistic and full of change is needed, something the establishment worries about, as it could mean an end to their reign if the notions take hold and become popular.
But in this present age, those who choose to remain single are representative of a growing sector of people, maybe the establishment worries, as to placate the rebellious singles, the families might start to feel to feel the pinch.
In which case, I personally find making peace with the establishment abhorrent, as to make peace means to accept what there is and give up fighting for a better world.
< Message edited by Aneirin -- 2/22/2011 7:55:34 PM >
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