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Kostymen är död!, utropar vissa lite då och då. Men kostymen är inte död, den har bara bytt skepnad: från kavaj och byxor i samma tyg till jeans och t-shirt. Vår strävan efter individualism eller vad vi nu ville ha fann konformism, likriktning. Vi tror fortfarande att vi är "rebelliska" i jeans och t-shirt. Rebelliska enligt vilka regler? Samma regler som föll ihop på sig själva för kanske femtio-sextio år sedan? Är det personligt uttryck att ha samma byxor som alla andra?
Vi får klä oss som vi vill, sägs det... Men... nej, för om man har något annat...
"This fact is truly remarkable. We are constantly being instructed that one must be a "rebel" in ripped jeans, in order to be "different" and an "individual". We are also instructed that we have been "set free to wear whatever we want". The result is that everyone turns up dressed en masse like the same rebel-clone. It turns out that this propaganda about "freedom" and "rebellion" are just modern double-speak that mean the exact opposite.
Indeed, has anyone stopped to consider that in a "free-to-wear-whatever-you-want" environment if I showed up in top hat and morning coat, people would be aghast. Where is the "freedom" in that? "Wear-whatever-you-want" turns out to be a code word for: jeans and t-shirts are compulsory uniforms, no deviance permissible. It is like: "you must love Big Brother", "loving Big Brother will set you free"."
Förlåt. Jag är lite bitter på kläder bara. Nothing personal, naturligtvis.
Indeed, has anyone stopped to consider that in a "free-to-wear-whatever-you-want" environment if I showed up in top hat and morning coat, people would be aghast. Where is the "freedom" in that? "Wear-whatever-you-want" turns out to be a code word for: jeans and t-shirts are compulsory uniforms, no deviance permissible. It is like: "you must love Big Brother", "loving Big Brother will set you free"."
btw, var det bosse som pratade om detta?
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