• emizeko [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I think I misunderstood your question


    seems to me that your material conditions affect your stress levels, confidence, clothing, and cleanliness, all of which will have some impact on attractiveness. and doesn't it make sense that looks, dexterity, intelligence, and health are all affected by the material conditions of your childhood and adolescent development even in the face of putative genetic factors. nutrition, noise, pollution, access to physical exercise and leisure time to do it in, etc.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        this is one of the Marx quotes that helped snap it into place for me

        Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.

        from 18th Brumaire

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        okay I removed it but remember I was answering a different question and kinda talking past yours.

        remember you can view source with the little document button and read it that way too