Friday, November 4, 2016

Atlas Is Shrugging

More and more people are fretting about the increasing numbers of men dropping out of the economy and living on their own terms. Yahoo News has a story estimating that about 9 million men have become workless, are disengaged from daily life, and "don't do civil society." Establishment cuckservative George Will also recently wrung his hands about this "quiet catastrophe," pausing to note that many of these men are retreating from marriage, which he predictably labels as "infantilization."

It's funny how a society that never tires of mocking men goes into a fainting spell when men politely turn their backs on it. If you're all so superior and capable, men's growing lack of participation shouldn't be a problem at all. The fact that it is belies your delusional self-image and shows that the ground is trembling beneath your feet. Atlas indeed is shrugging, and the only infantilism here is in those who refuse to acknowledge why.

A man who plays by the rules, works hard, and is honest and sincere has a rude awakening in store for him. Once he wakes up, though, he never can go back to sleep. In school and university he is told that he is a predator who must actively be instructed not to rape women. In the workplace he must constantly check his most innocent speech and conduct for fear that some harpy will deem it "unwelcome" and tag him as a harasser. At any point in his interactions with women generally, all it takes is one vengeful accusation to destroy his reputation and liberty. If he achieves financial success, he has to surrender greater percentages of his income to finance other people's profligacy, promiscuity, and bastardy. If he scrimps and saves to live within his means and plan for the future, he is punished with a real interest rate that is negative in order to provide cheap credit to people who are far less responsible. And if he marries and has children, God help him if his wife unilaterally decides to eject him from his home and his children's lives while still demanding that he continue supporting them, on pain of imprisonment.

What self-respecting, or even sane, man wants to invest his energy in this miasma? The men who do are accurately described as "blue pill," for they live in a fantasy world that is waiting to be shattered. For those who have taken the red pill, there is no reason to work themselves to death for a society that disrespects and pillages them. The bottom line is that society cannot survive without the active efforts and contributions of good men. Either learn this lesson and change your ways, or grab your ankles and kiss your ass goodbye.

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