Parasitical elites in academia, politics and mainstream media have manipulated persons to acknowledge external authority as higher than their own individual authority. They have severely skewed the risk/reward nature of the conscious individual to serve the parasitical elites. Doing that at the cost of individual life, liberty, happiness and prosperity of the individual.
The irony is, in the end, the parasitical elites are the biggest losers. They may have unearned prestige/glory and fortune, but they have no integrity. Whereas the value creator/producer has earned his and her power and rewards via their integrity.
I was a chubby kid, but we had exercise, together with boys in grade school. Kickball, softball, Red Rover. It was a great equalizer. I was blessed with good timing and was thus a very good kickball player, giving me some popularity despite my chubbyness.