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At any one time, there are a collection of moral fashions that hold sway in the mainstream. These fashions are worn like garments. Most people decorate themselves with whatever knick-knacks and baubles earn them easy plaudits. Thread.
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There are fashionistas who demand that everybody adhere to their dress code. They seek to make their outfits the outfits for all. A person does not need the complete collection in their wardrobe, but a few costumes here and there are mandatory.
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Those who do not prettify themselves with the ‘correct’ moral uniforms, either through ignorance or conscious resistance, are like the kid on the playground with cheap trainers: an object of scorn to be met with sneers and upturned snouts.
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Puritans of moral fashion will label the non-adherent “a reactionary” – but in fact these zealots are themselves the most prone to react. Their dress-sense is, everywhere and always, a reaction to whatever is deemed "unfashionable."
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Posterity will perhaps look back on contemporary moral fashions just as a person today looks back on old photos and laughs at the clothes they once wore. But because everyone around them wears the same get-up, few of them realise how ridiculous it looks.
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This passage in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina sums it up.
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And here's a song I wrote with @LeftAxisMusic about the moral fashions to do with identity, race, and gender.
LISTEN to it on YouTube:
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New songs are in the works.
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LISTEN to it on YouTube:
BUY it on Gumroad: https://gum.co/problematic
New songs are in the works.
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