people make a lot of noise about something or other being a social construction, and it often sounds rather trite; like yeah no shit buddy we made it all up, doesn't make it not real.
but an aspect of this that gets missed often is that for many people, this is revelatory
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many see the world as a system of rules & roles, where your possibilities are constrained to the options you are given. they do not think to ask why this must be; it simply is the way things are.
in this world, you succeed by learning your role & following the rules properly
other people see the world as an infinite space, w/ myriad possibilities available to you at each juncture; that society is trying to limit them to a set of predetermined options, unfairly
in this world, you succeed by figuring out what you want & how to get it, & then doing it
neither is inherently a better way, as a society needs both leaders & followers to function well
but the latter could use a bit more of the permissionless mindset
everything was invented by someone; all form is but illusory & ephemeral. rule-following does not guarantee safety.
in the current youth culture, the pendulum has swung hard to the follower end; compliance & conformity are encouraged, expression expected to fit in the proper bounds
this is an anxious response to an increasingly uncertain world
but only agency will bring you equanimity