are some people just...BETTER than others?

It is a depressing notion but I think it may be true. E.g. I have seen numerous posts along the lines of 'he feels.insecure because he knows you're better than him'. This is not in the context of abuse it is in contexts of being financially/aesthetically/socially superior/having better control of emotions etc.

Tyler Durden also said [sic] 'I am better than you in every way'[/sic] Moreover there are lots of.posts around the Internet about 'improving yourself' etc. as well, but it seems this is something some people have to do less than others, which implies they are better than them.

The concept of individuals having no true intrinsic worth and variable extrinsic value is part imo of the double edged sword of meritocracy and is particularly exploited in capitalist communities. One of the driving force of modern materialism beyond resources for survival is exploiting an insecure/narcissistic aspect to our personality which derives a sense of identity and life purpose through commodification and alignment with cultural/pop cultural values. In particular it seeks not to be bested by the other, more consciously thought of as 'keeping up with the Joneses', as to be so materially and socially dominated would be equivocal to a personal failure. The concept of individualism giving rise to a sense of.innate indefatigable self worth independent of.external output, what one may cynically refer to as 'snowflake syndrome', is a fairly New Age concept in fact.

Given this, do you agree that some people are just better, objectively, than other people? If yes then do you believe that this superiority is natural and innate e.g. genetic aesthetics-or do you believe one can go from 'lesser' human to 'better' human via improvement of various skills that contribute to one's external utility value to the community?

Everyone is equal, no one is superior nor inferior than each other.

All men are not created equal! Some are born smarter, or more beautiful, or with parents of greater status. Some, by contrast, are born weak of body or mind, or with few, if any, talents. All men are different. The very existence of man is discriminatory. That’s why there is war, violence and unrest. Inequality is not evil. Equality is.

Uh no. Person 1 may be better looking than person 2 but person 2 may be better at music than person 1 thus creating equality


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Uh no. Person 1 may be better looking than person 2 but person 2 may be better at music than person 1 thus creating equality


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Person 3 might be **** at everything.

As much as people decide to push the ideology that 'everyone is good at something', there are some people who simply aren't, who skirt around from place to place with no discernible talent or special ability. It doesn't always balance out so nicely.

Besides, what makes you think that those two situations are remotely comparable? Having better looks and musical proficiency are two completely different skill sets and should be compared in different ways.

Person 3 is not exist, as everyone is awesome at something


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I guess they could be awesome at being ****.

He's not worth your time Maz

To OP all I'm going to say is: "If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole thinking it's stupid."

You sound very familiar.

Go on.

Say it.

SAY EET.

Silly quote that is used almost as much as Monroe's 'you don't deserve me at my best' silly quote.

I don't know what you're talking about