I know this guy who is always talking about beating the system. Today it's society, tommorow it's the judicial system, but the core idea to his existence is that all social constructs exist within easily understood boundaries. The ordinary, mediocre people, unlike him, in all ways live and act within these rules. Therefore, he concludes, he can, without difficulty, simply think outside of the box and trump all others. I just realized something way important, though; he thinks society and such things are made in a way that anyone who understands their intent to, as he believes, keep the populace in check, can rise above them. Get metric tons of money minus work, whatever. I realized, though, that society, while not necessarily a giant mind control experiment thought up by the Illuminati and the Freemasons working in concert with the Pentecostal Church, is a self-regulating organism. Those people in society who do try to beat the system are the people that are the most trapped by the system. All the easy outs that seem to be visible are the true constraints of economy and society. The guy I was talking about won't be able to beat the system because he spends his time thinking about beating the system.
I thought I had more to say. More's the pity.
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