the Socratic Method of polishing a bunch of rough stones by tossing them together against each other no longer works b/c we're so bad as dealing with conflict.
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What makes me suspicious about Feminism™ that threat of social isolation, as well as pressure to conform by being fake are symptoms of toxic femininity, not toxic masculinity. (which is more direct in violence)
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It would explain why there's both a crisis in masculinity as well as a crisis in femininity. The amorphous sludgeification of masculine and feminine traits comes from the paradoxical argument that there's a toxic patriarchy despite the symptoms indicating otherwise.
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It's like the Occupy Wall Street movement. It doesn't have enough coherence and focus to actually manifest an actual change besides increasing the overall anger of the system. Instead of tempering steel it's just left into the crucible to melt into a blob puddle.
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not really sure where i'm going w/ this so will end w/ a thought: everyone started off in this world as little assholes and little bitches. yet here we are. The internet, nuclear technology, philosophy books, art, etc...
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So maybe let's make a world where being an asshole or a bitch is ok and stop judging each other for being an asshole or a bitch and stop pretending to not be or never have been an asshole or a bitch.
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I remember now how this thread got seeded. Was thinking about Cobra Kai as a metaphor for toxic masculinity and started thinking about toxic femininity.
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The answer to "What's wrong with the world" usually isn't "Because we need *more* of you." but it's also usually not "Because we need *less* of you."
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