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throwaway3829701/16/2026

Telling people to bond over traits they can't choose seems like an excellent way to isolate people with rare traits they can't choose.

I have more in common with a factory worker in China than I do with the president of my own country, even if we happen to share the same skin tone. I am defined by my experiences, after all, not things like genetics, culture or history.