<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Oppression can arrive through ordinary demands for... > Oppression can arrive through ordinary demands for conformity rather than visible force. Civility, smiling, careerism, and social ease may be useful practices, yet each becomes controlling when the performance is demanded as the price of basic acceptance. Freedom requires the ability to identify the demand, understand the cost, and choose deliberately. **Source:** [[livestreams/Constructing Genius Through Awareness and Self-Command - Workbook|Constructing Genius Through Awareness and Self-Command]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Oppression can arrive through ordinary demands for conformity rather than visible force. Civility, smiling, careerism, and social ease may be useful practices, yet each becomes controlling when the performance is demanded as the price of basic acceptance. Freedom requires the ability to identify the demand, understand the cost, and choose deliberately.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-oppression-arrive-ordinary-cost-choose-deliberately ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->