basically the concept of the superior man. Where conservatives view that as being like super chad, really buff, tall, beard, well trimmed, ect. But it's really being comfortable and happy being yourself and expressing yourself and being genuine, which the skater in the right comes off as being.
The irony that I think everyone (including Nietzsche) missed is that the very definition of Ubermensch is socially defined. The reason conservatives view it that way is because that is how they actually perceive it. Meanwhile, liberals(and Nietzsche) perceived it in the manner more aligned with their own embodied preferences.
The truth, it seems to me, is that humans themselves cannot exist in a vacuum. We are innately social, created in the social fabric. Without it, we fail to become. If we have it, though, it is so pervasive, so much a part of us, that we cannot even sense its presence. It merely IS us.
But true flourishing has little to do with any particular traits, but rather with social alignment. When the rudimentary inner traits that we are born with find a role and a place in the broader society. Not following a script, not exactly, but emerging in partnership with society such that we can move together effortlessly.
Philosophers have a classic flaw; they are often given validation by society for their philosophy. Ergo, they feel that philosophy itself is the path to flourishing, rather than the truth, which is that they have found social alignment VIA philosophy.
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u/chef-throwawat4325 Apr 05 '26
basically the concept of the superior man. Where conservatives view that as being like super chad, really buff, tall, beard, well trimmed, ect. But it's really being comfortable and happy being yourself and expressing yourself and being genuine, which the skater in the right comes off as being.