It is one of the hilarious twists in fate that human nature insists that we all learn our own lessons the hard and painful way, rather than being taught them the easy and painless way.
We all have to test that fire we have been told will burn us is hot enough to burn, that a blade we have been told is sharp will cut us, and so on and so forth.
This isn’t because we are stupid, I think it is because we are hardwired to crave the direct memory experience, and also because we are hardwired to gather empirical evidence before putting trust in another and their knowledge.
Of course when it comes to mating and reproduction this shit all goes out the window.
Which brings us to an interesting question.
What is the difference between a father of 20 years of age holding his newborn son, and a father of 50 years of age holding his newborn son?
How you receive the answer to this question will be totally dependent upon your own age, and experience…. TOTALLY.
The answer is the 20 year old father wants to do everything possible for his son, and his heart breaks at every little thing he fails to do, while the 50 year old father knows that there is nothing he can do for his son, except be there when his son comes calling, particularly after his son reaches 16 himself, and no longer needs a father but needs a man whom he can trust to teach him how each fuckup he made was made, and why it was a fuckup, and how to learn from it.
You see we are talking about perceptions shifting with the passage of time and accumulation of knowledge and experience.
You simply have to live a certain number of years before you realise that your human time span is simply far too short for many many things, and far too long for others, and confusing the two can often be fatal.
You also have to live a certain number of years before you truly understand that human society does not change like a river course slowly and gradually eroded over time by the river, well actually it does, but those changes are gradual, you have to live long enough to see the periodic torrential floods that completely alter the landscape to understand that they are where the majority of change takes place, and it takes place very very rapidly indeed, and with apparently little or no warning.
The Men’s Rights movement is one such, the older bastards amongst us realise that while it is important to keep the seeds alive, gradual growth and change are not realistic goals, the sole purpose of keeping the seeds alive and distributed widely is in readiness for the torrential floods that will literally alter the entire landscape overnight.
The older bastards amongst us are also old enough to see impending torrential flooding, we saw the dark clouds and flashes in the horizon three days ago, we have lived long enough to learn that the current topography of the valley could not be explained by gradual erosion alone, so some nights we would climb the peaks and sit quietly and talk with our peers and gaze out at the horizon.
The other thing we would do is compare notes, because the older bastards amongst us were not just told that fire burns and blades cut by our parents, who of course had first hand knowledge of this, but also about the Great Depression and the two World Wars and poverty and society, by our parents, who of course had first hand knowledge of this.
One of the greatest dangers you younger bastards face is this lack of knowledge, you do not know, deep within your bones, that what is legal and proper today can merit 20 years in prison this time next year, that the person or indeed institution who is your friend today, can be your implacable and deadly enemy this time next year.
In short, you all think you can change the world.
We older bastards know that yes, each man can have a very small and local influence on the world, but the world will have a massive and irresistible influence on that man… we are all individually changed far more than we could ever change the world, and this is even true for those with the most personal power, the Hitler’s of this world, so it is true a billion trillion zillionfold for the small man in the street, you and I.
Indeed, the older bastards will nod and agree that the Hitler’s are made from small men in the street who are too stupid to learn that life changes you more than you can ever change life…. nobody, not Galileo, not Newton, not Einstein, not Jobs, not Gates, nobody was changed by what they did, they were essentially the same people throughout life, being changed by the world they inhabited.
The older bastards will nod and agree that no idea ever was born from one man, no matter that the history books say otherwise, but rather like a solution becoming saturated to the point crystals can form, the world creates conditions where many men working on similar things from similar foundations arrive at similar answers at similar times.
We older bastards also know, direct from our parents who we know for a fact were not lying, but trying to teach us, that they lived through these torrential floods where the entire landscape changed overnight, and the effects upon them and their attitudes was not merely life changing but character changing.
And if you younger guys are nodding and thinking you get it, character changing like guys coming back from the Nam or Iraq with PTSD, then you don’t fucking get it… you don’t fucking get it because only a very small and easily ignored minority of the population came back from “war” with PTSD.
What my parents and grandparents were trying to tell me about was EVERY SINGLE MOTHERFUCKER ON THE ENTIRE PLANET WHO LIVED THROUGH IT getting changed FOREVER.
NOBODY did not get PTSD and a permanent character change, and these were the lucky bastards who lived through it. Those who failed to adapt died, literally… irrespective of age or sex or how hard they had had it, failing to adapt and change utterly forever was literally fatal.
So the bottom line is be very careful what you do, and do not do, today, because you could very easily find that next year a law is passed to make that thing retroactively illegal, with a minimum sentence of 20 years hard labour.
Being the small man on the street has its advantages, you get to stay under the radar, unlike the French nobility, when TSHTF… not if, when.
Right now in the UK when a Woman makes a Rape Accusation even if unproven she is awarded £11,000 by some Government Victims Compensation Board (not sure of its actual name).
However, Most Women are not aware that they stand to make £11,000 for a Rape Accusation.
An interesting scenario I’ve had running through my mind for a while is:
1) The economy collapses.
2) Somehow magically even in dire economic times the government still manages to keep the £11,000 payout for Rape Accusations fully funded.
3) A big publicity campaign is launched informing Women that they are entitled to/will receive £11,000 if they make a Rape Accusation.
Not too difficult to figure out what will happen in that scenario is it.
Perhaps I have an over active imagination. Lets hope so.
Comment by Will — October 24, 2011 @ 12:20 pm
I hope so too.
I do however see “deadbeat dads” pursued mercilessly.
Comment by wimminz — October 24, 2011 @ 12:23 pm
The teachings of Srila Prabhupada on women and anti-feminism
http://prabhupadawomen.wordpress.com/
The purpose of this essay is to address the issue of feminism and misandry (hatred of men, the opposite of misogyny) and how it has destroyed modern society. We will be analyzing many of the statements made by Srila Prabhupada about women, their role in society, and the anti-feminism stance of his teachings.
Comment by John Rambo — October 24, 2011 @ 2:51 pm
John,
I agree that the Vedic system of early Marriage and submission of Women to Men is better than the current system we have in the West.
However I can’t see modern Western Women agreeing to it though.
I don’t know what the solution is really.
Actually I do.
Nothing “needs” to be done.
All systems Self-Correct over time.
Comment by Will — October 24, 2011 @ 3:58 pm
Meh make women do some real work, the vedic system is basically what western traditionalism is based on
Basically make women do little or no work, while the man slaves away in some labour camp for years
If you want to change women, make them do some real work, in coal mines, on construction sites & on the frontlines in a real war
Youll magically see their sense of entitlement vanish, women dont value men or the society men create, precisely because they dont have to do real hard labour or live in ridiculous working conditions
Traditional women created the entitled bitches we have today, as these women have never understood or participated in the labour it takes to run the economy & the city around them
Women ARE irrational & illogical precisely because they dont operate in the real world
Women are so disassociated from real labour, real hardship, real work, in general real life, they become delusional sexually & mentally deranged
Women are entitled, & clearly crazier then they were centuries ago, because traditionalism has for centuries taught them to stay at home, use men as slaves, so they never have to work a single day in their lives, instead of advancing science or engineering, something anything useful to the rest of the human kind
Feminism & modern day woman simply takes slavery of men a step further
Comment by rmaxd — October 26, 2011 @ 12:23 am
rmaxd,
Good Points. Though before modern labour saving appliances at least, Women staying at home did actually do a fair amount of work cooking, cleaning, washing etc.
I take your point about women having always been disasociated from all the work that kept external (outside the home) civilisation/society.
Which as you say explains why women don’t value Men/Society. Particularly today, Women are crazy/delusional.
I can see it when I’m out about, Single Mothers and Women with kids with a carefree/clueless attitude. They just have no idea/no appreciation that it is the Men/rest of society that is keeping them afloat, enabling them to have the lifestyle that they have.
I get the ‘sense’ that they feel entitled to this baseline level of support and that this utterly normal and therefore taken for granted. I don’t think they can conceive of things being any different. Its as if things have always been this way and will always remain this way – which they clearly haven’t and won’t.
Comment by Will — October 26, 2011 @ 10:07 am