Society is a system, a device, each screw of which must precisely fulfill its function. For the smooth operation of the machine, all the details must clearly comply with the main laws that set the structure in motion. Every structure needs a strict order so that its destruction does not happen. Even a slight deviation can cause a noticeable malfunction, and chaos is simply fatal. The world of people is a rational mechanism, and the right person is a reliable component.
To follow a certain logical sequence of behavior, which is determined by the norms of morality, from early childhood is imputed to everyone by society. Living according to the schedule established long before his birth is an unspoken duty of any representative of the system.
Dogma for survival or survival for dogma?
Initially, all moral norms and rules of conduct were intended to preserve existence. They were necessary for humane interaction between community members or used as a precaution. At that time, the right person was simply trying to save his life. Self-preservation was then considered a top priority, and the fear of death became the main factor for the spread of the commandments, their observance and transmission to future generations.
All normal people try to make their existence or the life of loved ones as safe as possible, the need to follow unspoken laws and the ancient rules themselves are recorded in the mass unconscious. Each deviation from the generally accepted canons causes primitive horror and is strictly condemned by others. The right person who has changed the behavior familiar to everyone becomes an outcast, which threatens his survival.
Society of Prescriptions
Barely born, any individual is surrounded by all sorts of norms, unspoken laws and rules. They are so familiar that they become almost invisible, and following a lot of prescriptions seems very natural. On the one hand, all these conventions really help to interact with other people, but even if a person is perfect, he has difficulty with self-expression - a lot of taboos limit his true essence.
Indeed, finding yourself in society is becoming increasingly difficult. Media and advertising skillfully manipulate the mass consciousness, and the very concept of “the right person”, the meaning of which is constantly changing, has been turned into a kind of standard or authority. Everyone is obliged to strive to conform to this artificial ideal in order to arouse universal approval and increase self-esteem.
Right life
The structured world of prohibitions, orders, prescriptions was created by some representatives of humanity for others with the aim of more effective management and strengthening of power. People often like to obey, because this allows them to get rid of responsibility for their own actions. They don’t need to be tormented by doubts, make decisions, make plans, and most importantly, choose the most acceptable way to proceed.
Everything is extremely simple: a person follows a particular algorithm of existence, depending on the situation. Approved and forbidden are two components of the life of an average individual. It remains only to remember the canons that separate them.
Are the rules natural?
Nature lives according to its own laws, which are often opposite to the norms invented by people. The contradiction becomes obvious if we recall, for example, the unattainable ideals of beauty of different times. These standards forced many imitators to sacrifice their own comfort, health, money, and such irrational zeal began to be accepted as a rule. Do not follow the requirements of society in relation to their own appearance now causes resentment.
Each person is perfect, but the soulless mechanism of the system is more beneficial than the standard look - it is much easier to manage the same people. Now, following unspoken norms has become a kind of ritual of everyday falsity, violence against one’s inner self. Most do not even try to understand why they are doing this or that action.
