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Quick question from a beginner, does cable management actually do anything or is it just for looks to people?

I just finished setting up my old computer from around 6 years to check its current state because it’s so old with Windows 7 and it was getting way too complicated trying to route everything neatly behind the case due to space. I just shoved all the loose power cables directly into the main cabin right next to the GPU/CPU fans to save time. It is just kinda there now, but the PC turns on fine now, so I figured as long as it works, it works, right? The cables and all.

Note: This is an inquiry I developed while researching the intersection of Nietzschean power and Stoic discipline. I invite the community here to gladly provide further philosophical context or references in the comments. Thank you for your time dearests and enjoy. For more questions, gladly ask ahead.

In an era of humanity defined by the "apathy of the individual," we have mistaken comfort for progress. But it is not - neither for the individual nor the majority. As Jean-Jacques Rousseau suggested in his Discourse on Inequality (1755), the moment man first claimed an object as his own, the foundations of modern suffering were laid, sparking an uprising of accumulation as we see today.

The material, however, is a mere means to an end. To someone who, since birth, has denied the material as well as a priority over her plans for the collective future of her country; to those who require guidance and have sought it from me; and as the one who intends to orchestrate a "Tomorrow" that people can truly believe in again - the material world is not a playground. It is a distraction that has caused far too much suffering among you reading this right now, just as it has throughout history.

True leadership is not found in the accumulation of resources as I see it, but in the ascetic mastery over them; in self-restraint and a clear-minded approach. To lead people, one must be the very image that denies the concept of greed, rather than a mere person. As Plato envisioned in The Republic (c. 375 BC), the true guardians of society must live without private property to ensure their judgment remains unclouded by personal gain. To deny the physical is to embrace clarity and focus. I plan to live with such minimalism myself, redirecting all that remains to benefit the external manifestations of the vision I intend to build.

Greed: The Enemy of Order
Greed is the "ugliness" that destabilizes the collective. It is a biological interference that prioritizes the "I" over the "many." To build a system that is truly "civilized," we must fully detach from objects, viewing them as symbols or meaningful additions to existence rather than tying one’s own identity to the object’s presence. We must heed the warning of the Stoic Seneca, who wrote in Letters from a Stoic (c. 65 AD): "It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor."
This is not a mere moral suggestion either to us; it is a strategic necessity. As Friedrich Nietzsche argued in The Will to Power (1901) (referencing the discipline of the "higher type"), the highest individuals are those who impose a law upon themselves. The leader must be the first to reject the "illusion of comfort" to prove they are capable of prioritizing what is essential. If the leader is not ascetic, they are just another consumer in a fancy dress, losing their people’s trust and failing to validate those who stand before them and require protection.

What does this ultimately mean to you?
We must treat our own biological needs: sleep, luxury, individual desire - as third or fourth-tier variables, not requirements for living. When I tell those around me that "rest is a tool for endurance," I am referencing the discipline of the Spartan Agoge, where comfort was sacrificed to forge an unbreakable will too. The mind must be immune to the desires that manifest from need, becoming - as Marcus Aurelius commanded in his Meditations (c. 170 AD)—an "Inner Citadel," impenetrable to the lures of the material.

Such is the way to live, prioritising the future of the people over the present gains.