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It's clear and apparent that societies put a lot of time and effort into shaping people, according to their values and other lore, to fit the particular social order. Recognizing that fact, I am a person. I can shape and be shaped, and the subject-object of my shaping can be myself. That's pretty empowering! The notion of moral Perfectionism that travels with most ideologies of Becoming is problematic.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-mcquinn-critical-self-theory

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