Jessie, what the fuck are you talking about?
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Meh I don't know. Both concepts are pretty weak imho. homo economicus is basically a spherical cow. Whereas Fraudian psychoanalysis is what modern researchers have come to call "bullshit". Are you trying to define people in an "essence of humanity" kind of way, or in a "ugh people nowadays are so" kind of way?
By "sexuality" is meant the sum of all desires that do not result from immediate economic pressures, such as things that don't result in money or physical possessions of any sort.
Okay, was there maybe a better word to describe that phenomenon. Like, "desire"? Because my sexuality usually involves someone cumming.
But seriously, if you want to read psychoanalyst literature that fucks your brain, maybe try something more recent than Freud. Like Anti-Oedipus by Deleuze & Guattari.
Mostly persuasive, but I'm not sure I really believe in homo economicus. I think it's more something like that quote misattributed to Oscar Wilde: "Everything in human life is really about sex, except sex. Sex is about power."
If you define all desire as sexual then of course art is sexual too, no? Aside from that, commissions are art too, and yet they are driven by economical factors. Similalry, sexual drives can influence economic decisions (alpha male scam is all about that for example). It might be so that those nitpicks are mostly results of me not fully getting your point (because to be fair I also don't see what's revolutionary about it), but either one of us has to get better at communicating (it might be me, idk)
As a side note, you might enjoy Schopenhauer's theory of aesthetics, there are some parallels here (I forgor what was the text tho)
yeah, commissions are an interesting point, i gotta think about that.
The second I hear Freud, my instinct is to instantly disassociate. I’m not a fan of enlightenment era political thought, but I’ll try to engage.
“Homo economicus”, the idea that people act in their own economic self interest makes far too many assumptions about people’s goals and simply isn’t seen in reality. I’d say people usually want peace of mind of SOME kind. Some (like my parents) can interpret that as economic independence in the form of generational wealth, but people can interpret that DRASTICALLY differently. I see our wealth and status as land lords as a curse, where a simple family dispute can end in a random unrelated person losing their home, the polar opposite of “peace of mind” in my book. If you look around especially outside your socioeconomic sphere, you will find exceptionally diverse opinions on this, I’d consider my take still within some semblance of a “norm”.
And if you redefine “desire” as “sexuality” then it’s hardly surprising that what you now call “sexuality” reflects the desire behind one’s “mindset”. I fail to see how this is anything but word play that just makes modern people confused, considering you’re invoking a meaning that is divorced from said word by countless generations, cultures and even languages. In my personal case, my sexual, romantic and intellectual desires have little to no overlap and therefore I find it useful to describe them as such. Their only commonality is that in practice I’d prefer my romantic partner to be able to meet me in the other 2 domains, but I can get both without a romantic partner and vice verse.
Some (like my parents) can interpret that as economic independence in the form of generational wealth, but people can interpret that DRASTICALLY differently. I see our wealth and status as land lords as a curse, where a simple family dispute can end in a random unrelated person losing their home, the polar opposite of “peace of mind” in my book. If you look around especially outside your socioeconomic sphere, you will find exceptionally diverse opinions on this, I’d consider my take still within some semblance of a “norm”.
Hmm yeah i fully agree with this. I personally don't really want to be "rich" or wealthy beyond what i need to live myself. Sadly, we live in a world where we can only live a somewhat good life if we have enough wealth to do that. Which is sad, if it weren't for modern circumstances, i'd consider being a vagabond or otherwise rather poor person just to travel around, do silly things, meet other people, that's it.