I used to feel bad for the young people who were still undergoing “ego death.” Then the company finished destroying the last vestiges of my soul and I feel nothing at all now.
Yes, it’s your body. Because you’re choosing to have (or not) said foreign DNA introduced. Just like every time we get an infection of any sort. It’s impossible to stop it happening without living in a literal bubble for the rest of our lives.
Oh, Asok! Never, ever go to management of a large company for inspiration. They all have their souls sucked out and stored in jars in a cleaning closet in the sub-levels. I’m pretty sure the CEO and the Board eat one of those souls every year, just before they promote the previous owner to their level.
These days every media outlet lives for this sort of thing. And if there isn’t anything going on, they make it up whole cloth.