I was just thinking: In a country where the commercialism tends to constantly hammer us with the idea that we are lacking in myriad ways (i.e. the way we look, smell, feel, think, live, act), might that not be the 'softener' with which we were made such easy marks for the hawkers of Enlightenment, Peace, Tranquility, Clear Mind, etc.?
Please, do not misunderstand; I would NEVER blame
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