Is it just a corollary of the runaway principle of capitalism?
Can we compare the superficial West to other societies which do not see youth and beauty as the be all and end all?
Just look at how old people are mainly ignored in society. Not even old-old but after 20s people are generally removed from the main stage to accept smaller and smaller roles. — unimportant
Not even old-old but after 20s people are generally removed from the main stage to accept smaller and smaller roles. — unimportant
Broadly speaking, [the Baby Boomers] have held the White House since 1993, when they were in their late 20s to mid 40s (Millennials' age today). They will have held it for at least 36 years. They became a majority in Congress in 1998, when the midpoint for the generation was 42 years old, and became a super majority shortly after, which they have retained to this day. By contrast, Congress had just five Millennials through 2019, at which time the oldest in that cohort reached 38 years of age. This was 0.2% representation for 29% of the adult population. Today, the House has 31 Millennial or Gen Z members, the Senate just 1. Congress still has more members aged 78-90 than 18-45. If you make the logical assumption that the vast majority of children belong to households headed by younger adults (i.e. under 45 or 50) you get a slim % of total representation allocated for over half the nation's population.
Not even old-old but after 20s people are generally removed from the main stage to accept smaller and smaller roles. — unimportant
There are plenty of other evolutionarily useful traits that get sidelined like cooperation and community care in favor of beauty above all else as the highest value. — unimportant
aesthetics has been 'fetishized' to use Marx's jargon — unimportant
Is it just a corollary of the runaway principle of capitalism? — unimportant
Just look at how old people are mainly ignored in society. Not even old-old but after 20s people are generally removed from the main stage to accept smaller and smaller roles. — unimportant
What would life be like in a world where wisdom and personal integrity were the ideals that were instilled as the greatest good — unimportant
I don't know why it is so hard to get people to accept that western society is superficial so far. — unimportant
This society teaches, off the top of my head, basically: money, fame, beauty are the major tenets of the good life. — unimportant
I was going to say, this seems like a rather strange statement. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, etc., along with most of the "Big Billionaires" are not remotely young — Count Timothy von Icarus
What about the motto of the Communist Chinese reform movement: Getting rich is glorious! — BC
There's a lot of things wrong with the world, the way beauty is treated is just another one of of those problems. The only answer is there is something wrong with the people who believe it's the right way to act. Why they do it is because of human stupidity, and weakness to natural urges that would allow us to think otherwise. There is nothing truly beautiful about this way of thinking, it completely misrepresents what beauty is about--- it's completely artificial. — Barkon
Eugenics would be a good idea to promote good health in reproduction, it's better than treating children as a father or mother experience(like parents own the child's spirit). I quite like the idea of the Government rearing beautiful children.
The fact it mainstream media is awash with superficial messaging that beauty = good which bleeds into the morals, or lack thereof, of what the average person esteems towards
What are your thoughts on this take on this comment by boethius — unimportant
This one I'm closer to agreeing with the OP. — Mijin
↪boethius Strange, your reply didn't show up until now, or I missed it the first time. Hard to miss your posts usually. — unimportant
Seems yours is the only reply on a similar track that I was thinking with most taking issue at the question itself being fallacious and misguided somehow. No surprise since we are both Anarchist comrades. — unimportant
Or to put it another way, if you're on a dating app you'll see any number of profiles showcasing "beauty", so you can go on an almost unlimited number of dates with beautiful people. — LuckyR
Beauty is a sign of good genetics(as if it was a mark of having good genetics). If you think you've seen a beautiful person who has proven that his/her genetics aren't good, then I would ask you, how beautiful was this person? If it's just a cute face, I wouldn't class that as beautiful. The best of the best beautiful people tend to have good immune systems, great minds and perfect bodies. — Barkon
What would life be like in a world where wisdom and personal integrity were the ideals that were instilled as the greatest good — unimportant
I'm gonna guess that you're obviously suffering from not being aesthetically desirable compared to others. — DifferentiatingEgg
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