When you’re not free to choose, you take what you get. More precisely, you get what those who’ve taken away your choices decide you’ll have. No more – and a lot less. This taking away of choices does more than diminish our options. It diminishes our humanity. One of the easiest ways to see this – literally – is to have a look at a group of people wearing the same uniform. It makes them look all the same, the literal meaning of uniform. One form. It is not accidental that uniforms are common in contexts where the individual’s choices are … Continue reading →