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Anyone too asymmetrical, malformed, visibly poor, scarred, hunched, or simply “off” was marked as socially contaminating. The state didn’t just tolerate look-based hierarchy. It codified it. For anyone living beneath society’s arbitrary attractiveness threshold, this wasn’t some abstract theory. It was the blackpill in legal form. Each state had their own interpretation of what was considered "Deformed, ill-looking, disfigured" And underwent their own City Beautification Projects to establish their social purity. | Anyone too asymmetrical, malformed, visibly poor, scarred, hunched, or simply “off” was marked as socially contaminating. The state didn’t just tolerate look-based hierarchy. It codified it. For anyone living beneath society’s arbitrary attractiveness threshold, this wasn’t some abstract theory. It was the blackpill in legal form. Each state had their own interpretation of what was considered "Deformed, ill-looking, disfigured" And underwent their own City Beautification Projects to establish their social purity. | ||
Origin and Evolution of the Ugly Laws | ==Origin and Evolution of the Ugly Laws== | ||
The Ugly Laws began in the late 19th century, right alongside the rise of eugenics and early physiognomy that popularized the belief that your face reveals your moral worth. Framed as public order legislation, their true goal was to keep public spaces visually comfortable for normalfags and women. | The Ugly Laws began in the late 19th century, right alongside the rise of eugenics and early physiognomy that popularized the belief that your face reveals your moral worth. Framed as public order legislation, their true goal was to keep public spaces visually comfortable for normalfags and women. | ||
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Society didn’t see them as unlucky. It saw them as offensive. This led to chronic isolation, untreated mental illness, and a learned belief that they were less than human. | Society didn’t see them as unlucky. It saw them as offensive. This led to chronic isolation, untreated mental illness, and a learned belief that they were less than human. | ||
If your face was sub-5, it did not matter | If your face was sub-5, it did not matter | ||
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[[Category:Economic Lockout and Permanent Poverty]] | [[Category:Economic Lockout and Permanent Poverty]] | ||