But you're saying all societies are coercive, said Ellin in a troubled voice. Questioner laughed. But Honorable Ellin, of course they are. This is wh… - Sheri S. Tepper

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But you're saying all societies are coercive, said Ellin in a troubled voice.
Questioner laughed. But Honorable Ellin, of course they are. This is what makes reading history so amusing. Most cultures think of themselves as free while regarding others as coerced. They do so because they are following traditional values, and the generations of coercion that resulted in those values is long forgotten.