“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the very essence of culture.
Saved by Alex Dobrenko and
Whatever else a culture is, it is a repertoire of desirable forms of change.
The main thing that’s really changed since then is how we now live—in a much more crowded, civilized world. Initially we had to live by our instincts. Now they’ve been all but choked out of us. There’s a reason, of course: following one’s natural instincts is often dangerous to society. You can’t very well let people go around doing every and anyth
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