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Looksmaxxing is also a return to the mean. Men throughout history have always worked on their bodies, vainly concerned themselves with their physical appearance, his disfigurements, worn jewelry and makeup. Paul was already complaining about this 2000 years ago.
The entire male aesthetic of the 20th century was a temporary blip created by Anglo-American Protestantism (emphasis on the American, late 17th century English Protestant guys loved their fancy wigs and blush), and mass military conscription (long hair and beards aren’t good for trench lice and gas-mask seals). And also because Capitalism, Communism, and Fascism were all glazing the aesthetics of the working class for different reasons.
Dandyism has entered the chat.
I have weird obsessions, okay? I only wish I had gotten that book when it was new, as opposed to now. That price tag, yikes...
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