I was wondering: is that actually true that mazes are on the rise? Of course, it looks like it, but then, a lot of people seems to be complaining about them the way you do — or at least in related but more obviously leftist ways — wanting more spare time, wanting to be less constrained by petty business rules (eg., wearing a suit), etc. But then we could say that it’s often mainly the rules that change, and not the fact that they are there. Still, it looks common to come up with theories about something when it is starting to be contested, so, it may be the case here, right? (Quite frankly, I unreasonably hope so…)
On a related note, most of what is described in this post are trends by which the individual is more and more constrained by mazes, who determine the city where one lives, one’s friends, etc. Mazes sure do that, but has it been getting worse, compared to times even as recent the 1950s, where social conformity was by far more of a thing than today? Or are we simply getting more individualistic, in the sense of giving more importance to the idea of being free to live as we want — because that’s also, and indeed almost obviously, a thing?
I was wondering: is that actually true that mazes are on the rise? Of course, it looks like it, but then, a lot of people seems to be complaining about them the way you do — or at least in related but more obviously leftist ways — wanting more spare time, wanting to be less constrained by petty business rules (eg., wearing a suit), etc. But then we could say that it’s often mainly the rules that change, and not the fact that they are there. Still, it looks common to come up with theories about something when it is starting to be contested, so, it may be the case here, right? (Quite frankly, I unreasonably hope so…)
On a related note, most of what is described in this post are trends by which the individual is more and more constrained by mazes, who determine the city where one lives, one’s friends, etc. Mazes sure do that, but has it been getting worse, compared to times even as recent the 1950s, where social conformity was by far more of a thing than today? Or are we simply getting more individualistic, in the sense of giving more importance to the idea of being free to live as we want — because that’s also, and indeed almost obviously, a thing?