Livre d'Or

Oh yeah, I totally agree that being outside the social norm in agricultural and pre-ag societies has much more drastic consequences than it does for modern/post modern society. When social norms are constructed around a reality so damn close to the bone for survival, when your social group is so close, then you really don't have a choice than to just give in and conform.

So yeah, a lot of what I meant by post modern society being segmented and fragmented isn't necessarily a bad thing! It mean everyone has all of these incredible possibilities that didn't exist before (for example, I'm a single 27 yr old woman pursuing a PhD; in my genetive agricultural society, this is very very atypical), and they can find a reality that fits closer to something that they identify for themselves.