> cultural focus on "identity" (as in, "who am I") has been kind of negative for people > many become miserable because they got mired in their identity sexual

> cultural focus on "identity" (as in, "who am I") has been kind of negative for people > many become miserable because they got mired in their identity sexual and otherwise I think one factor is that we're always looking for a balance between doing what we want and doing what's right. When they're not the same in someone's conscience, they look for external approval that what they want isn't wrong or bad or harmful, so they can keep doing it. Especially sexually. There's also virtue signalling as a way to get social credit, which is also usually geared towards getting something that you want, but with it either being not justified or not earned.