None has the conditions for fire

They do not

Sharks are older than fire! It took billions of years for Earth to get the oxygen levels and fuel (land plants) needed for fire. Earth is the only place in the universe where we have seen fire.

Rejecting tradition itself often becomes a tradition. And the cycle continues.

bald men can still grow a beard 😂

How is this rebellion in a different way? The Native American man keeping his hair long is the perfect example of him rejecting conformity to the standing social order, which is that of his colonizers.

A beard or long hair for men has always been a sign of rejection of conforming to social authority.

Hair is the best symbol of rebellion as it is difficult to defect from, takes a long time to grow long, and is accessible to everyone. You can recognize a hippie with their tie-dye shirt and reflective sunglasses. They signal to themselves and others that they are opposed to the Vietnam war and the establishment in general. But when they go to the office, for a swim, to the gym, etc. they go back to conforming to the rest of society. The hippie with long hair is at all times signaling their rejection to the establishment and is also signaling that they have been rejecting this for many years. The hippie who only commits to the tie-dye shirt and sunglasses can take it off when under scrutiny and put it back on when convenient.

Hair has no nerve cells. Cutting hair is completely painles. If someone won’t even listen to authority telling them to cut their hair, what makes you think they’ll listen to authority for anything else? Long hair subconsciously scares authority because the legitimacy of said authority is constantly challenged. This is my hypothesis for why being clean shaven and short hair has become a requirement in many militaries, but never a militia. It is the easiest way to get someone to subconsciously be comfortable with submitting to authority.

Some examples of “beardos” who use their hair as a symbol of rebellion:

• Koreans during Japanese Imperialism
• The Khalsa
• Indian saints, regardless of religion
• Hippies in the US
• Brazilian communists during the dictatorship

Very interesting read. I mostly put the meme for laughs, but I think there is some truth to the US conceeding socialist policies a lot more during the USSR than post collapse. I don’t like the idea of one world superpower post 1991. There should always be some sort of competition of ideas. Having the common man see what Russia was able to do in a few short decades indeed puts pressure on capitalist economies to enjoy progressiveism, and on socialist economies to allow in entrepreneurship through managed private property. I do not see FDR and Stalin as enemies, but two men with the same goal, different means. And I think that’s a good thing. Without this decades long battle of capitalism vs socialism, we might not have gotten leaders like Deng Xiaoping on the socialist side and Lee Kwan Yew on the capitalist side.

A slave revolt can only happen when people recognize they are slaves. The revolution has to happen in the mind before the streets. Peaceful protests and activism are important in this day and age. Just look at the lack of response in Luigi Mangione’s heroism.

Imperialism and Colonialism is only bad when done on White people apparently…