I feel as though our world was built to take power from us. We step outside and we stop belonging to ourselves, we become a part of the perceptions of every person we see on the streets. We have no control over the things people see, we can only try to influence their perceptions. I can't help but think that most of the world would be far more valuable to us if it was too expensive for us to experience. Everything about our lives is just expensive enough to be out of reach, but not expensive enough to have any value to people. Seems like a handy encapsulation of how the rich view us and the things that we make for them.