So it is like a gang tattoo, or I guess maybe a cattle brand would be a better analogy. Permanently disfigure your body in a hideous fashion to show you’re really “one of us.”
I wonder if there’s some external psychological aspect. Like, is there implicit or explicit pressure to have this done, because once it’s done they know it’ll be very difficult to escape the cult-like environment?
But in those cultures those are status symbols, whereas Mar A Lago face seems to indicate that you’re part of their in-group. Do the lip and neck stretchers indicate something similar to members of those cultures?
So it is like a gang tattoo, or I guess maybe a cattle brand would be a better analogy. Permanently disfigure your body in a hideous fashion to show you’re really “one of us.”
I wonder if there’s some external psychological aspect. Like, is there implicit or explicit pressure to have this done, because once it’s done they know it’ll be very difficult to escape the cult-like environment?
I would compare it more to cultures who denote status by who has the biggest disc in their lip or the longest spring on their neck:
At least it’s a meritocracy instead of “who can be the most psychopathic pedo?”
But in those cultures those are status symbols, whereas Mar A Lago face seems to indicate that you’re part of their in-group. Do the lip and neck stretchers indicate something similar to members of those cultures?
Yes. That you have money.
Mark of the Beast if you want to go for a biblical angle
It’s been decades since I lost my faith, but I would love the absolute irony of this if it turned out to be true.
In Mar A Lago face, whoever has the most collagen injected into their lips is the alpha
That’s what it feels like to me too; a show of commitment that you can’t walk away from.
“I’m gonna give you somethin’ you can’t take off.”