I just read something that brought a smile to my face: the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association are seriously considering whether to label introversion as a personality disorder. Make no mistake, headshrinkers are the handmaidens of power, and the powerful now truly fear the reflective among us. They should, because we're no longer buying the cartoon versions of happiness, politics, or history being blared at us. Schools were transformed into factories of conformity and obedience long ago, but even that has proved inadequate to churn out enough good little workers, consumers, and voters to ensure smooth sailing. No, now any deviation from the extrovert's craving to fit in will be condemned as "sick." Damn, it's easy to be a rebel today.
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