A Society That Mass-Producing Adults Who Cannot Think —The Mother-Complex Business and the Structure of “Weaning-Food Culture”

"Equality."
"I want things to be fair."
"I'm not good with hierarchy."

Many people say that.
I do too.

But the moment a conversation begins,
people start searching for “up” and “down.”

Who is smarter.
Who is above.
Who evaluates, and who is evaluated.

And which position is safe.

I do not see the world in terms of above or below.

Red is red.
Structure is structure.
I say what I see.

There is no superiority in that.
Whether someone is a boss,
whether they have a title —
it does not matter.

I am not looking at position.
I am looking at state.

But when the other person is receiving from a vertical lens,
observation quietly turns into “evaluation.”

Flat words
sound like they are coming “from above.”

“Red” becomes
“You are wrong.”

I am only standing flat.
Yet it appears to be “talking down.”

There is a reversal here.

Some people say,
“It sounds like you’re speaking from above.”

But is that really because
the other person is standing above?

Or could it be
that they are seeing the world through
up or down themselves?

Pause for a moment.

Is the other person truly judging?
Are they truly condemning?

Or did they simply say what they saw?

And one more thing.

Even if someone were truly speaking from above,
if you are not shaken,
it does not land the same way.

For example,

If someone calls you “idiot,”
and you do not truly believe that about yourself,
it does not pierce as deeply.

But if there is even a small doubt inside you,
the word goes straight in.

If a child in elementary school said it,
you might not care at all.

Whether something pierces
is not decided only by the one who speaks.

The receiver’s center of gravity matters too.

So let’s consider again.

Do people truly want equality?

People do not want equality.
They want a hierarchy that feels safe.

When there is up and down,
you know your position.
Your coordinates are fixed.

But when someone appears
who does not assume hierarchy,
those coordinates collapse.

You no longer know where to stand.

So unconsciously,
you try to place them
above or below.

Because that feels safer.

True equality
is not removing hierarchy.

It is not searching for it.

As a result,
the world looks flat.

But that can be frightening.

The comparison disappears.
You can no longer measure your value
by where you stand relative to someone else.

Being flat
is neither kindness nor coldness.

It is simply having no coordinates.

But to someone living by coordinates,
that can look like strength.

When someone is stable
without trying to exert force,
it can look like “above.”

But it is not above or below.

It is a difference in center of gravity.

Perhaps we say we want equality,

while quietly being afraid of it.

This note is written for those whose senses move
before answers arrive.

If something stayed with you after reading,
that may be a sign that something inside you responded.

— withchat