Oh they CAN SEE the bars! All you have to do is start talking about the bars and watch their reactions! They choose to ignore the bars and will attack you for bringing them up... Because they build and maintain those bars!
The toughest chains are the ones we put on ourselves... Out of pressure from dogma and culture... And then to soothe our heartache about the chains we built we choose to suppress the topic...not talk about it... Even attack those among us who bring it up... Especially the children because their freedom makes us uncomfortable and has to be chained as well so we can continue to manage the pain for what we have done!