The scourge of moralism: The smug self-righteousness of sanctimonious pontificators The greatest atrocities in history were committed by people so convinced in their moral correctness - so entrenched in their deludedly narcissistic sense of absolute correctness - that they felt compelled and justified in impenitently exercising violence to force their will on the unwilling. Their arbitrary sense of morality - or more accurately, *moralism* - absolves them of accountability…
Why aren't men masculine anymore? The erosion of manhood and its causes I don’t care how much you can bench, how cool you look, or how many jiu-jitsu belts you’ve earned. If you don’t **stand for something** or can’t **stand your ground** when it matters, then you can’t be very masculine. https://sotiris.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-man Male donkeys have massive shlongs, but donkeys are incredibly passive and submissive (I feel sorry for the poor things). A horse is one of…
The dumbest objections against statelessness #8: "If you don't like government, move to Somalia!" There exists a false and disingenuous presumption that Somalia is supposedly an example of Mad-Max free-for-all statelessness where people are reduced to predatory animals solely because of a lack of authority structure. This insane lie produces the straw man “argument” that Somalia’s status somehow signifies the “necessity” of the evil of the state.…
Toxic Motivators & Toxic Positivity: Underhanded tactics for crippling discouragement I remember once watching a video by this self-announced “influencer.” He was bragging narcissistically about his alleged “success” and kept claiming that anything was possible as long as you put in the work and wanted it enough. His whole thesis rested on the premise that he grew up in war-torn Gaza yet he still “made it big” in the world. But even in his own masturbatory story of…
The enigma of Bohemian Rhapsody: Deciphering rock’s biggest mystery from a philosophical perspective *Warning: This article delves into existential absurdism and pessimistic philosophy. If you find such areas unbearably unpleasant, please do not read.* **Introduction** When I first listened to Bohemian Rhapsody, I was in my teens, and I hated it. It unsettled me. It didn’t sound like rock at all. It wasn’t like the awesome Highlander soundtrack that had introduced me to…
The government should... Good ideas MUST be enforced through violence! If I say something is for your own good, then I have every right to force it on you using any type of violence necessary. If I say that your inaction endangers me or violates my entitlements, then I have every right to take action against you - even lethal action, if that’s what it takes. You have no right to do nothing. Your inaction is violence. My violence against you is my right. Any violence is…
What are Western values, anyway? You can't save the West if you fail to define what it stands for You can’t argue for Western values when you can’t even name them, let alone live by them. You can’t presume to defend Western civilisation when you don’t even embody its core virtues and ideals or, even worse, when you confuse them with antithetical ones. For all the talk about Western values, few can clearly and accurately define them. Many like to babble endlessly and…
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