This OP is from Jared from http://legendsofmen.com/ He broke off from ROK some time back and created a site of his own. He and I may be regularly trading articles in the future.
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Last
September Return of Kings went on indefinite hiatus. Whether this
hiatus ends up being just a few weeks long or much longer it represents
an opportunity to progress the manosphere. Return of Kings was the
biggest site in this corner of the web. The Art of Manliness might be
bigger but that’s more of a men’s interest magazine. Return of Kings was
likely the website that introduced the most men to the red pill. The
red pill, however, has its own problems. Like the film The Matrix, it
can introduce a man to the unseen forces that manipulate him but it
cannot change the world once exposed.
To do that you need men of worth. Developing men of worth should be the purpose of the new manosphere generation.
A Quick History
This
is my interpretation of the previous iterations of the corner of the
web visited almost exclusively by men. Version 1.0 was almost all
pick-up oriented. It was focused on helping guys who had trouble
sleeping with women to sleep with more, and better quality, women. To do
that men needed some degree of improvement. This usually included
improvements to one’s appearance (think metrosexual/trendy looks) and
charm. In so many words, it was a makeover for a man that helped him
dress trendier and spew mindless chatter better, but for many, it
worked.
Version
2.0 started getting into the why. Why did men have to try so hard to
get a girlfriend? To be fair, the goal of version 1.0 wasn’t
companionship, it was casual sex. But in version 2.0 men started asking
why casual sex was so possible for some. In the past, club sluts weren’t
a thing. By 2010 men were still trying to codify ways to identify club
sluts and seduce them. By asking why things were the way they were,
version 2.0 was able to begin making social commentary. It lead to
questions about feminism, no-fault divorce, birth control, fatherless
homes, etc…
Version
2.0 also included a more focused sense of self-development. It was no
longer about mind-hacking a way into a girl’s pants. It had the goal of
teaching guys how to be more congruent with the deified “alpha male.”
Once a man was more alpha he would be better able to bang club sluts.
That aspect of the manosphere did not leave. But by the end of
manosphere 2.0, it was less about self-development and more about
feminism.
The Death Of Version 2.0
The
height of this was perhaps version 2.5. At that time feminism was at
its most comically irrational. It was easy to point to feminism and
realize how horrible the modern world can be. During this time Roosh V
of Return of Kings tried to do meet-up groups across the globe. These
happy hours were shut down by feminist groups and their puppet masters.
The aspect of forming alliances with other like-minded men was abandoned
by so many. Nobody wanted to do it on their own. Perhaps they couldn’t,
without the central hub that was Return of Kings to facilitate meeting
like-minded men.
But
by version 2.9 all this news about feminism was gone, or at least the
comic aspect of it lost its fervor. The stories about feminism and the
hypocrisy of sex relations in law grew old, repetitive, and whiny. Yet,
the readers still pined for the days of openly lamenting the woes of
feminism. Many of the readers stopped being men desiring development,
because the writing couldn’t offer them anything novel and substantive,
and started being the types of losers who like to whine about the world.
Version 3.0
So
what should version 3.0 be? It needs to focus on a few things that are
already taking shape within the group of men who want to develop
themselves.
Tribalism
The
purpose of the RoK 2016 meet-ups was to introduce guys to like-minded
men. These would be men you could rely on if the shit hits the fan, so
to speak. The meet-ups never happened but many guys still realized the
importance of building a support network. A tribe.
Jack Donovan wrote Becoming A Barbarian.
Paul Waggener grew popular. Tribalism is already a big word as we go
into version 3.0. Masculine men realize now more than ever that he is
not an island, and that living a life of development without purpose is
ultimately meaningless (more on that shortly). Just as importantly men
now realize that boning club sluts may give you a surge of testosterone
and adrenaline that feels good, but it is a fleeting pleasure.
Men are tired of empty pleasures. They’re ready for something deeper and that tribe is something deeper.
Purpose
The
purpose of a man’s masculinity is to fulfill the masculine roles of his
people. Men are needed to be providers and protectors for their people,
specifically for their families and for the other men that watch their
backs. This is why so many men who read manosphere sites ask where they
can find women that are wife material.
The
question for men who read version 3.0 is, what will give my masculine
pursuits meaning? We know how to lift. We know how to attract women
(though this is always changing). We know feminism is horrible and that
the puppet masters don’t want us to rebuild a patriarchy. What in your
life can you do that will give your life meaning?
There
is much to be said here. Just an example, men who read version 3.0 will
need to focus on why they lift, not how they lift. Subsequently, they
will have to ask if lifting will achieve an end, or if it is just to
develop their strength (which is also a worthy pursuit).
Sex And Money
These
will always be a part of the manosphere for this simple reason; when
you don’t have them you are obsessed with getting them. It’s an ironic
yet frustrating part of life that when you finally do have these you
feel like they’re unimportant. Yet there can be meaning in having these
things.
Your
business can provide you with some meaning, as long as the money you
earn from it supports your tribe in some way. The sex you get can give
you a purpose if it’s in pursuit of finding your mate and making a
family. These do not have to be empty pursuits if pursued them for the
right reasons.
Culture Change
The
best way to change the culture isn’t to whine about feminism. To change
the world you must first navigate the world as it is. Give up your
notion of what the world should be, it will not help you. The next step
is to change the world around you. Create something. Create a family and
lead it. This is the way to change the culture. The problems with the
culture were identified in version 2.0. Now men need to stop whining
about those problems. Make a world for you and your tribe that is worth
inhabiting.
This is what the manosphere version 3.0 should be.
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