
Originally Posted by
vegan_scot
In reading this and making the connection to modern kilting with an historical context I realize that the kilt is, at least in the States and I’m sure to a certain degree in the UK as well, a badge of genuine individuality as well as an instrument of refusing the alienation endemic in our modern society which stems from mass-produced, disposable and in the end culturally insignificant consumer goods and replacing it with a connection to hundreds of years of tradition and rich culture. That in itself is inherently subversive to a consumer culture which stresses the here-and-now above all else.
This is all you had to say to make your point, really! Sums the whole thing - and my own personal attitude- up quite nicely!
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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