culture war dynamics

The other problem is that as far as I can tell, everyone is given different values to live by. Different questions to live into. Different gods who live in their chest. Different combinations of natural concerns that balance out very differently. So no, western culture doesn't depend on a resurgence of masculine courage: if that feels important to ... See more

Men become monsters by convincing themselves they're saints.

I remember when marijuana was medically legalized in Los Angeles. I would see massive lines out the door of dispensaries in my neighborhood. Looking at everyone waiting for their kush, I’d ask myself, “Are all these people really here for ‘medical’ usage? This feels more like legalizing mass addiction to cope with depression, anxiety and god knows ... See more

The most radical thing you can do today is not be an asshole.

The only way to help people rise above undignified behavior is to teach them that they are dignified. You cannot fight shame with shame.

Modern feminism is an oxymoron, because it treats the feminine as implicitly inferior, and with tacit disdain. It exalts the masculine ethos as the ideal, and marginalizes feminine preferences as things to be fixed , not embraced . All because it fractures the holy scripture delusion of increasing the labor supply “equality”.

I first wrote about Breach in 2020, and again in my book. It’s the idea that the internet has become our externalised collective unconscious, capturing and then amplifying a swirling ocean of our projections, hopes, fantasies, and violent urges. Some of these become archetypal, turning into myths and memes that evolve to take on a life of their own... See more

a successful malignant ideology will promise to make your life better while actually sabotaging it and making it worse in ways that seem to prove the ideology correct. the more you follow it, the worse everything gets, while you become more and more devoted to it. demonic even.

Forgiveness Prayer

In this moment of stillness,

I release the weight of past hurts and grievances,

Letting them dissolve like morning mist in the warmth of understanding.

To those who have caused me pain:

I acknowledge that you, too, were walking your own difficult path.

Your actions, though they wounded me,

Were born from your own struggles, fears, and u... See more