Well, I’m no shrink and never played one on stage or screen BUT, you can bet those that would be our masters know how to get into our heads, not to mention our pocket books. I think most of us get more or less pushed into comfort zones we are loathe to venture very far out of or for very long. I suspect much of human nature and the human condition is fairly simple at its core and there are those that are willing and able to manipulate many of the unwashed to greater or lesser degrees.
"It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
A piece of wisdom for sure.. and a clearer way of stating what I was trying to say.