The Dread Slender GnomeA thought.
"Culture is not a costume."
Ehm... no. It specifically IS a costume. It's a thing one puts on in order to signal allegiance or belonging to a group. Cultural artefacts and practices are, by definition, essentially costumes, because nobody is born with them.
"Culture is not a costume" is merely another thought-terminating cliche.
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