Faustian pacts and the soul
How far is a person willing to go in selling his or her soul? Everyone has their limits, it seems. The psychodrama in public view at the moment is revelatory.
Who chooses the labels given to the social silos in our system? Does everyone have to accept those categories?
Some of the folks who are eager to be used as mannequins to tell stories are intelligent. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is always an enticing incentive.
There is such a thing however as “doing a violence to one’s self”. Those who did similar things across the pond are licking their wounds in splendid isolation now.
Looking beyond the surface and reading in between the lines, the song remains the same.