One way or another, we spend our whole lives being conditioned into accepting some line or order, some position of domination or subjection. It’s hard to unlearn such hierarchy, to undo such control. It’s implicit.

Cliff James
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It’s hard to unlearn such hierarchy, to undo such control. It’s implicit. This quote refers to the way everything around us is controlled. We are all being conditioned into accepting some line or order, some position of domination or subjection.

It’s hard to undo such hierarchy, to undo such control. It’s implicit.

Source: Of Bodies Changed

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