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What they never do is "earn." You wouldn't use that verb for money I took under threat of force or imprisonment, right? So why would you use it here? Try "steal," "rob," or, if you're feeling particularly generous, "take."
As for where it's going: Into a hole in the ground? My argument is that governments are inherently inefficient, not that governments shouldn't exist.
Government is emergent. It has to exist. If you see someone having the "Should government exist?" debate they're probably an anarchist in high school. Or an HNer, I guess. It's not a serious intellectual discussion topic. Drop 10 people off on a deserted island and they'll have a government 30 minutes later. There's no "no government."
[1] https://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/iron-is-the-new-cholestero...
All of my side projects from the time are extremely uninspired.
Naturally, I was one of the non-religious people and therefore better. Instead of defining what I believed in, I could just attack the things I didn't believe in. It was easy. I never had to play defense. I might not win every time but I could never lose. I could rattle cages but had no cage of my own.
The way you're describing yourself is how everyone thinks. Faith and doubt are two sides of the same coin. I consider faith worthless without doubt.
The modern media that takes the form of news isn't news. It's public relations for corporate and government interests. Whenever a story like this "suddenly feels" anything it's being manipulated by those interests.
Other industries: It's who you know
Tech: It's who you hate
I help startups and tech companies with team and technical success. I'm good at fixing split teams, broken processes and getting stubborn developers on board with new ideas or projects (After all, I have plenty of experience as one).
* Any stack
* I'm best at helping teams with frontends that have a lot of moving parts
* I not only propose and implement design/performance standards myself but work with teams to achieve them on every page of their product.
* I help too-scrappy teams install more processes. I help too-lofty teams pare back.
* I use a philosophical system called eristics[0] to consider different emotional perspectives and design workflow processes that make everyone feel involved/heard. It's apolitical and tries to include every basic emotional perspective out-of-the-box.
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Contact info in bio.
[0] Eristics: http://www.eristicstest.com [1] My site: https://www.rexriepe.com
> I could be convinced but I'm not sure. I think this is more of a PUA thing.
There will usually be something like a PUA nearby torturing or exploiting them with demands and expectations, yeah. Narcissists form vicious hierarchies. Incels are just the ones at the bottom. You have to subscribe to the gymbro's ideas/values before he can 'win points' torturing you about gains or whatever. They're both obsessed with looking in the mirror. One just likes what he sees so he ends up higher in the pyramid. They both project their own self-image (bad or good) onto the expectations of others.
Lots of people think of narcissism as an after-the-fact thing but it's not. It's a pattern that anyone can be in, ugly or beautiful, rich or poor. Incels are unsuccessful narcissists; PUAs are successful narcissists. You're right to see a pattern.
In simplest terms, narcissism is an addiction to deeming things not good enough. The three flavors of targets are family/friends/SOs (covert), things (megalomania) and groups of people (grandiose). Incels are basically grandiose narcissists that can't back it up with any form of societal success.
Projection: I'm a virgin so I want virginal women.
The other type of projection: I want nice girls so I should be a "nice guy."
Impossibly high standards and sense of entitlement: The point is rejecting to get a sense of power or self.
Complaining: They'll complain about outcomes but never offer solutions.
The incel community is more about attacking untruths. It's like a negatively-defined idea that's close to the truth, but I wouldn't call it a kernel.
They're going to switch again within the next two years, by my estimate. It'll be big, traditionalist sects (Catholic, Mormon, etc) on the right and cannabis on the left.
The mania triggered by this story should have been just as concerning as the depression.
I do this too but to scrape the bottom of the barrel on philosophy problems. It's basically like doing drugs.
Every single problem America has, the kids end up paying for. This grew out of our sue-happy 80s/90s culture. School administrators basically opted out of their job because they were afraid of lawsuits.