Wellness leads to fascism because of optimisation
When taken to the extreme, wellness and fitness is about improving your body and optimising every perceived flaw. It means there is a ‘perfect body’ and therefore, other people have imperfect bodies.
If you follow this chain of thought, you end up with fascism, with a ‘natural’ hireachy. No wonder then, that a lot of Covid conspiracy theories were spread by wellness influencers. Remember Covid-was-a-conspiracy-accelerator-because-of-lack-of-control, whereas wellness is all about complete control of the self.
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