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“One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny”

Bertrand Russell

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You should care about what others think only enough to stay fed and not go to jail. Anything more is choosing to follow rules that don't need to control you.

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Freedom Individualism Prison Respect Societal-pressure Starvation Tyranny
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