Among the myths taken as fact by the environmental managers of most corporations is the belief that environmental regulations affect all competitors in a given industry uniformly.
Yet it is clear that Xiangzi, too, is meant to be an 'everyman', and by falling victim to 'individualism', the term Lao She uses to criticize him, he has contributed to his own downfall.
Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long's photograph of his work is the work.
There is an area of psychology called "learned helplessness" that concerns itself with the consequences to people when they conclude that they have little choice in what happens to them.