(#4622) Fighting social constructs

      It is not easy being a civilized person and having to fit within an envelope that constrains and denies our natures. It isn't easy but it is possible. Accepting societal norms is part of living in a society that values enlightened knowledge. However being happy and comfortable about the compromise with our natures is often complex and chaotic. When we lose sight of our contract with society and the totality of it is when we end up making a mess of things. If I do commit to a social norm I cannot allow myself to lose sight of my decision. There is a trade off and I must honor that.
     Without social constructs we would be freer to be more our natural selves but that is not healthy in a civilized society. There are too many of us who would give into our animal urges and temptations to be able to survive. Liberty and freedom are what we all strive for but the notion that we each have an unbounded liberty and freedom while still being part of an enlightened society is impossible. Under no scenario can we be our animal selves while protecting each of our rights to be so. We would instead be denying each others rights so that our right to have and do what we each want would be prioritized above all else.
     Without laws and social norms we would be less likely to advance into a more evolved modern future and that is what our manifest destiny is all about. We as human beings are not capable of living without curiosity and compassion. We need curiosity and compassion like we need oxygen, food and water. So we accept the restrictions that society places on our individual natures as a price for coexisting together in a smarter and more efficient society. None of us is capable of doing all that is sufficiently needed but many of us are capable of doing what is sufficiently needed for all of us. The good of the many outweighs the good of the one in this instance. Hopefully we will remember that!