Self-control is the defining trait of humanity, and the self-styled ruling class wants nothing more than for the majority of the species to devolve into an animal form, so they can cement their position at the top for all of time.
They also tend to have trouble with it, which is why they cannot simply permit debasement, but must encourage it to forestall competition.
Something I remember spectemur (if anyone else remembers him) saying on Half years ago was "humans are animals, and if allowed to do so we will act like animals". I don't remember if he also said this, but if not heavily implied was "it's only civilization and social norms that prevent us from acting like animals".
Always stuck with me, even then when I didn't agree with him nearly as much.
Self-control is the defining trait of humanity, and the self-styled ruling class wants nothing more than for the majority of the species to devolve into an animal form, so they can cement their position at the top for all of time.
They also tend to have trouble with it, which is why they cannot simply permit debasement, but must encourage it to forestall competition.
Something I remember spectemur (if anyone else remembers him) saying on Half years ago was "humans are animals, and if allowed to do so we will act like animals". I don't remember if he also said this, but if not heavily implied was "it's only civilization and social norms that prevent us from acting like animals".
Always stuck with me, even then when I didn't agree with him nearly as much.
If that were entirely true, we would never have evolved civilization and social norms in the first place.