Snake of Eden
“Ye shall be as gods..🍎 🐍”
- Jun 22, 2021
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A healthy society is one with happier individuals/families while experiencing the least possible amount of suffering (incl. lower suicide rates). I think that ugly to average looking people have a good utility in society as they are not necessarily too occupied with their looks in away that would interfere with their productivity and livelihood. For example, a happily married average person have better odds at maintaining a successful marriage throughout their lifetime because they would have less chance at getting offers of sex outside marriage imo. That is very impactful if you think about it as less divorces will increase the chances of happier couples, kids, careers and happier society overall etc. unfortunately, younger generations are becoming ever more fixated on unrealistic good looks (thanks in big part to social media) which breeds lots of unhealthy idealism, self-image issues, resentments and desire for unattainable looks and partners. That in turn breeds alot of dissatisfaction and unhappiness as a result because we dont look good enough and nothing around looks good enough. The moral of this story is that surely, being very good looking and having a very good looking partner is glorious in alot of ways but does not come without a price. My 2 cents.
I am not proposing getting rid of good looking people as the solution. But I think a society that minimizes or avoids all together idealizing physical beauty from its culture is a good place to start. Also if parents start to consciously educate their kids from young age that while physical looks are self-evidently appealing yet have less importance to when it comes to perceiving themselves and other people so rather teach them to look for good character qualities instead. It could transform society for the better
Thoughts?
I am not proposing getting rid of good looking people as the solution. But I think a society that minimizes or avoids all together idealizing physical beauty from its culture is a good place to start. Also if parents start to consciously educate their kids from young age that while physical looks are self-evidently appealing yet have less importance to when it comes to perceiving themselves and other people so rather teach them to look for good character qualities instead. It could transform society for the better
Thoughts?
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