The problem with that view is "too much success". It will vary wildly person to person. Because the problem isn't "too much success". The problem is related to too much success, sure, but the real problem is resting on your laurels. Becoming complacent. "Good Times Create Weak Men"? You can't throw Atilla The Hun a nice birthday party and turn him into a simp cuck. Atilla probably had a LOT of good times, given the amount of people sharing his genetics. Good times don't directly create weak men, they simply allow for, and even reward, their existence, causing them to outbreed the growth and success ones, bringing collapse.
You speak as if seeking growth is the malignancy, the cancer. But ironically (given cancer's form) in that growth can keep you ever-afloat: Infinite growth is not only possible, but necessary. It is the moment we STOP growing, that it crashes down, and your suggestion here would implement that.
It's socialism: "Do not produce more than your neighbor." "Do not excel in science more than the dumbest person." "Stagnate." "Success is dangerous: Winning only brings failure down the line." "You can't have a nightmare if you never have dreams."
And I fundamentally disagree with that worldview.
So long as we have hardship, we can continue to create good times. That hardship, though, should NOT come from limiting humanity. Humans are fantastically limited creatures. There is no end to their limitations. We have hardships all around, if we're willing to shake off the yoke of complacency, the plateau of "good enough", and identify them. I will die one day. That's a huge limitation. I can't lift up my house. Not an important limitation perhaps, but one nonetheless. I need very specific chemical intakes to stay alive, and even a 2% change in oxygen content in the air causes me damage. It's a hardship of all humanity.
But like the collapse of Rome, the hardships the worthless plebs think of are "food", "circus", and "sex", and our society has even shamed that last one out of Maslow's hierarchy. They eat good food, watch fun shows, and they're content. And so they do not progress, for they are content.
People RIGHT NOW are doing your idea: They're slacking. They're coasting. They're letting society fall apart. They're listlessly drifting in the day-to-day, year-to-year. So if you think your idea won't lead to tragedy, great, society is careening off a cliff called "good enough" RIGHT NOW. So rejoice, young socialist: Your utopia where people are handicapped by themselves, the law, and society all in one, is nearly already here.
The problem with that view is "too much success". It will vary wildly person to person. Because the problem isn't "too much success". The problem is related to too much success, sure, but the real problem is resting on your laurels. Becoming complacent. "Good Times Create Weak Men"? You can't throw Atilla The Hun a nice birthday party and turn him into a simp cuck. Atilla probably had a LOT of good times, given the amount of people sharing his genetics. Good times don't directly create weak men, they simply allow for, and even reward, their existence, causing them to outbreed the growth and success ones, bringing collapse.
You speak as if seeking growth is the malignancy, the cancer. But ironically (given cancer's form) in that growth can keep you ever-afloat: Infinite growth is not only possible, but necessary. It is the moment we STOP growing, that it crashes down, and your suggestion here would implement that.
It's socialism: "Do not produce more than your neighbor." "Do not excel in science more than the dumbest person." "Stagnate." "Success is dangerous: Winning only brings failure down the line." "You can't have a nightmare if you never have dreams."
And I fundamentally disagree with that worldview.
So long as we have hardship, we can continue to create good times. That hardship, though, should NOT come from limiting humanity. Humans are fantastically limited creatures. There is no end to their limitations. We have hardships all around, if we're willing to shake off the yoke of complacency, the plateau of "good enough", and identify them. I will die one day. That's a huge limitation. I can't lift up my house. Not an important limitation perhaps, but one nonetheless. I need very specific chemical intakes to stay alive, and even a 2% change in oxygen content in the air causes me damage. It's a hardship of all humanity.
But like the collapse of Rome, the hardships the worthless plebs think of are "food", "circus", and "sex", and our society has even shamed that last one out of Maslow's hierarchy. They eat good food, watch fun shows, and they're content. And so they do not progress, for they are content.
People RIGHT NOW are doing your idea: They're slacking. They're coasting. They're letting society fall apart. They're listlessly drifting in the day-to-day, year-to-year. So if you think your idea won't lead to tragedy, great, society is careening off a cliff called "good enough" RIGHT NOW. So rejoice, young socialist: Your utopia where people are handicapped by themselves, the law, and society all in one, is nearly already here.