SC
2 min readMay 23, 2024

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Hard disagree. Coupla thoughts on your take.

1. What Mona said. Forced leadership is tyranny. Full stop.

2. Every male aspires to be considered a man. When you hinge requirements for that consideration upon leadership and "taking care of others" and "finding fulfillment in things larger than yourself" you're end up with a lot of miserable meb making everyone else miserable too. You also end up with too many chiefs and not enough Indians and a whole lot of nothing substantual ever getting done because all the men are wasting their lives in constant never ending competition to see who leads and forcing everyone else to go along or be crushed underneath.

3. Hello, resentment and grievance. Fancy seeing you here. [Not really surprised, that was sarcasm]

4. Your take makes drones to a system of men. I see missndry here. There's value in exploration and curiosity and creativity that only comes with the freedom of not being tied down to others or some "purpose".

5. If you warp yourself into some other dude's version of what it means to be a man, how the hell do you ever come to know yourself, much less be okay with yourself? You won't. You'll feel like a fucking failure for most of your life. This is rmasculating. Again, I see misandry here.

I could go on, but I'm running out of time, so let me stop there and add a quick alternative.

1. Check your pants. Ask yourself, "Am I grown and living an adult life utilizing my own agency?" For 99.something percent of men, this will square you.

2. Get to know yourself.

3. Handle your own insecurities and come to terms. Don't labor dump that onto others. That's what children do.

I'm out of time.

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