In a way, that's the whole idea behind my "refactoring" schtick: find a way to see the beauty in things
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finding beauty in things is great! living in a housing complex that looks like a concentration camp is still sad
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Depends. Someone might be in a mental place where they prefer the concentration camp to a beach house.
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The *only* strong idea I have about beauty is that enforcing your idea of beauty on others is violence
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I definitely think it's violence when people build horrible, useless, ugly buildings they don't have to live in
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if people had meaningful input into how things looked, and some things that were ugly (to me) emerged, awesome!
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I'm concerned that we don't have much input into how things look, and I think that's bad for us and sad
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That we don't have enough input into defining "beauty" where we are the main affected parties is abt power
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You can sub beauty with any variable that people should control in proportion to their stake in it.
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One reason I am wary of your communitarianism is precisely that. Eg. HOAs dictating lawn aesthetics.
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