For people reading this site, the most vivid analogy here might be being forced to live in a town full of religious hicks in the south of the USA, with minimal contact with the outside world. (I’ve heard from reliable sources that the stereotypes about the South are accurate.) Not many of us would choose to do this voluntarily.
I have lived in a town full of religious hicks in the South, and I have many weird beliefs. My experience was that while it did cost me social status, it wasn’t that important to me, and it would have been significantly more unpleasant to conceal my beliefs.
I have lived in a town full of religious hicks in the South, and I have many weird beliefs. My experience was that while it did cost me social status, it wasn’t that important to me, and it would have been significantly more unpleasant to conceal my beliefs.