There’s a great question in the comment section regarding the obsession with the human body that has engulfed US politics. The question is important because it points to the issue at the heart of our current ideological confrontation.
The human body is the greatest impediment to an absolute and unbridled human freedom. The body is an enemy of unconstrained choice. Our physicality frustrates our desire to be in complete control of our destiny. We can’t be whatever we want because our bodies won’t let us. The rage of a human being, who has assumed a godlike role and whose efforts to refashion the world are constantly thwarted by the limitations of his body, creates a simmering conflict that erupts on regular occasions.
The taming of our inflamed hubris is the only way out. But there’s no longer any circumscribing force. We have released ourselves from every duty, obligation or authority, and the body remains the last barrier between us and our capacity to be mini gods.
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