On the Beauty Standard and Consumerism

Radical left communities take as an axiom the following statement: “If you think that any aspect of your body is unattractive, you should ask yourself what products that sentiment was engineered to sell.” This is not the case. If you feel ugly, it reflects a low self esteem rather than some sort of societal norm that is perpetuated by consumerist tendencies.

The argument here is not whether beauty sells. It does. The argument is that the above statement is fallacious—it puts the cart before the horse. Before a beauty product can be pedaled, there must be a demand for it. Therefore, feeling unattractive is not a result of advertisements; advertisements are a result of people feeling unattractive. If a huckster can make one believe that they are ugly, then that person is vulnerable and thus has a low self esteem.

Media, which no doubt has created a beauty standard, can be blamed for the mainstream views of beauty. The mainstream is equally to blame for accepting these values blindly. Beauty is an inner truth. The Nike of Samothrace is beautiful.




You'll notice that it doesn't matter that the Nike of Samothrace is missing her head, neck, and arms. She's not Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Girl thin. Something about the overall aesthetic speaks to the viewer. It could be that the statue participates in the Platonic form of beauty.



Again, an example of the Platonic form of beauty in Modigliani's Portrait of a Woman. The (pseudo) radical perception of the beauty standard is cynical. The criticism of the beauty standard is unfounded. No one is indoctrinated to believe that certain things are beautiful. The mainstream is just too stupid to reflect on what they believe to be beautiful.

Within the radical community there is a shaming of those who, for example, shave their legs or wear make up. It's hypocritical and cryptofascist. A laissez-faire approach to aesthetics is truly radical.

On the Sikh Temple Shooting in Wisconsin.

A substantial amount of leftists seem to believe that gun control is the key to stopping these shootings. That is cryptofascism. Leftists should be demanding an end to political polarization, an end to racism and lack of cultural sensitivity, an end to the media's desensitization to pain and the devaluation of life.

A bald white man shoots up a temple and it’s about gun rights? No. This is about a lack of cultural awareness. In any shooting the reason for it is never “she/he had a gun.” That’s the easy answer. Society doesn’t want to face its own cultural ineptness, its own stupidity, so it blames inanimate objects.