I think you’re on to something very important here. I agree with much of your writing here and find it difficult for most people to acknowledge the truth in what you say. I acknowledge it and I agree with it and I am so glad I’m here reading your substack. Thank you for writing 🙏
This is a powerful piece. As a relatively GNC male, I started from a place of distrust and fear regarding stereotypical male qualities, and inevitably this became internalised as self-hatred. A big part of my personal development has been learning to value those qualities in myself and others. In my view, so many young men caught up in the current madness are indeed fleeing from their own masculinity, prompted by a society which denigrates our natural tendencies and inclinations, even while relying on those qualities to keep the lights on. How else are we to account for so many angry, obsessive, lonely, sexually frustrated young men (incels, basically) wanting to cut their balls off in order to feel loved and valued?
Yes! Absolutely. We are so decadent now and so bored, the most interesting thing to do is fight truth, both personal and in politics. It’s not sustainable.
I’m intrigued by your setup because my POV is almost exactly what you describe, before rejecting it. I settled in for a good, meaty analysis of a differing perspective. I’m processing most of it and won’t comment here, but would like to ask for clarification on the following.
“Likewise, the major struggle for women is no longer the rearing of the family, but utilizing maternal instinct and social intuition for purely extractive purposes, coming up with new ways to demoralize, assimilate, and civilize the few who materially provide for everyone else, making them amenable to our mode of production as it exists in this time and place.”
Would you reconsider restating this in more basic terms?
I think you’re on to something very important here. I agree with much of your writing here and find it difficult for most people to acknowledge the truth in what you say. I acknowledge it and I agree with it and I am so glad I’m here reading your substack. Thank you for writing 🙏
This is a powerful piece. As a relatively GNC male, I started from a place of distrust and fear regarding stereotypical male qualities, and inevitably this became internalised as self-hatred. A big part of my personal development has been learning to value those qualities in myself and others. In my view, so many young men caught up in the current madness are indeed fleeing from their own masculinity, prompted by a society which denigrates our natural tendencies and inclinations, even while relying on those qualities to keep the lights on. How else are we to account for so many angry, obsessive, lonely, sexually frustrated young men (incels, basically) wanting to cut their balls off in order to feel loved and valued?
Yes! Absolutely. We are so decadent now and so bored, the most interesting thing to do is fight truth, both personal and in politics. It’s not sustainable.
Interesting!
I’m intrigued by your setup because my POV is almost exactly what you describe, before rejecting it. I settled in for a good, meaty analysis of a differing perspective. I’m processing most of it and won’t comment here, but would like to ask for clarification on the following.
“Likewise, the major struggle for women is no longer the rearing of the family, but utilizing maternal instinct and social intuition for purely extractive purposes, coming up with new ways to demoralize, assimilate, and civilize the few who materially provide for everyone else, making them amenable to our mode of production as it exists in this time and place.”
Would you reconsider restating this in more basic terms?