Even if the body’s conditions change, the mind’s characteristics do not necessarily change.

 When I see physically disabled people taking photos in front of mirrors, using popular gestures, and sharing them on social media, I think they are betraying themselves. Such a person is vulnerable to society’s ugliness, and instead of submitting to it and its values, shouldn’t they continuously unleash fire without shame rather than hiding themselves? But then I realize I’m missing something—not even “missing,” more like a conscious avoidance—they are not betraying themselves, because that is exactly who they are. I am constantly and desperately searching for depth in their shallowness, yet they are precisely the ones performing those foolish gestures in their posts. Even if the body’s conditions change, the mind’s characteristics do not necessarily change; their identity is copied from society, even if society treats them like stepchildren. This might also explain why people with mental disabilities almost always have a collectively based identity. It is not difficult to imagine the behavior of a typical person with low intelligence: constantly laughing, constantly making noise, and constantly entertaining themselves. But isn’t that the case everywhere? To have an independent personality is to be a personality architect, and that requires carrying a creative consciousness—but this quality exists neither in these people nor in society, and this makes “retarded” people and ordinary people in society, in a way, equal. That means society is stupid.