Really, you are correct. You cannot escape the machine. Attempts to reject it are futile to a large extent.
However, one can try. One can dream. I watched several goats born yesterday. I watched the creek flow. Some things remain unchanged from yesteryear. We cling to those old rites as we should. We try our best to be steeped in the past. As we also try to keep technology at arms length.
How can you reject modernity when it is the invisible sea or paradigm in which we are totally immersed just like a fish in water.
It patterns & controls every minute fraction of human culture, including all of the usual proponents of back-to-the-past Traditionalism.
Really, you are correct. You cannot escape the machine. Attempts to reject it are futile to a large extent.
However, one can try. One can dream. I watched several goats born yesterday. I watched the creek flow. Some things remain unchanged from yesteryear. We cling to those old rites as we should. We try our best to be steeped in the past. As we also try to keep technology at arms length.