Can’t say, haven’t read all the posts, told you long thread, just wanted to throw in my 2.
Well we can kid ourselves and think we’re independent people, that have rights and ideas that are independent of our education or upbringing. But i think thats just naive.
The sad truth is we are cogs of this machine and the only reason we even have the illusion of free will is because we go docile when presented with even the illusion of freedom. The reality, as i perceive it, is that the system wants you to work for it, you go to school to learn the needed skills to work for “it” and when you’re there, for example, why not pledge allegiance to your “own flag”, “your nation”, “your god” (which i don’t think covers Ahura Mazda for example). This is brainwashing and i’m not going to even go into the manupilation of history itself according to a countries propaganda.
We are just brainwashed consumers, living docile and thinking we don’t play any part in these horrible acts and injustice but we are. Just by believing capitalism is the only way to live. Just by giving into the lie that borders can protect someone etc etc.
I accept we’re all slaves in the eyes of an unbiased observer. If i don’t accept it then i truly become a slave.