I am going to do some digging too - like I said, I don't know how accurate what I heard was, I just typed what I was thinking about when I read the OP

Mister is a title, it comes from Maritime Admiralty law, master of ship. I'll dig something up about it.
We all have the freedom to accept a contract that makes us slaves :)

A prefix - miss/mrs/mr
I agree we do all have the power hence why I said 'most of us'.
Personally, I choose to accept contracts as I want to live within society, however I always make sure I am very aware of what I am signing.

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I'm not following the prefix thing, more info?
Regarding "society", I'd rather be alone in the world with my dog than be part of "slavery society".
A sovereign chooses wich contracts to accept, that simple. We all have the power, but are programmed to not think this from day 1.
And we can (re)build institutions that serve people