Gene therapy for genetic disorders and plastic surgery for disfigurement should obviously be free.
However, even in a socialist world, discrimination based on attractiveness (lookism/pretty privilege) and height (heightism) would still be genuine concerns, as they are due to base human instincts around health and strength. Research shows that people who are considered ‘unattractive’ or ‘short’ face genuine disadvantages in society.
How should this be dealt with? If plastic surgery and designer babies were made free as a possible solution, the state would certainly be overwhelmed with requests, so that can’t be a good option.
Also, how should plastic surgery and designer babies be handled in general? For instance, intelligence has a significant genetic component, and making genetic intelligence enhancement open to all would greatly benefit any nation with the resources to do so.
Edit: To those downvoting, I’m not trying to suggest that these are good solutions. These are simply the only solutions I could come up with if we do remain in a capitalist world. I want to hear suggestions for how we should solve the problems I mentioned in a socialist world without needing everyone to undergo invasive surgery.
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In a capitalist system, intensified differences between intersectionalities can be monetized, and prevent organization and unionization. So they won’t fix this.
The third riche provided social services to only white people to alienate any working class minorities so that they can’t organize across race boundaries and strike.
Joe Biden slip-up “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids” is indicative of US domestic policy; keep a poor population as a labor reserve desperate for any wage, and alienate them from each other across race lines.
As socialists, we are for the working class, but that also means we must first unite the working class against the owning class, by focusing on commonalities and developing class awareness. Only then will they realize that their enemy isn’t their neighbour, but rather the owning class and the state owned by the owning class.