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Curious: Is it a failure on the part of the parents if their son becomes an omega?

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Denial of reality is a helluva drug

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Tesla never got along with women. Best quote being that they were all out of his league, when he was young. Then he was out of theirs, when he matured

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Tesla never got along with women. Best quote being that they were all out of his league, when he was young. Then he was out of theirs, when he matured

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Mar 23·edited Mar 24

I had a thought relating to the narcissism discussion. Ricardo and Robinson Crusoe economics treat people as highly individual, perhaps even interchangeable economic units (as does Clown World).

The theory immediately denies (or even inverts) the hierarchy and is very self-centred and narcissistic, hostile to Alphas. While I do not think this alone necessarily means the diagnosis is Gamma, the sheer amount of silliness in the theories is suggestive of Gamma's justification bubble.

There is no hierarchy on a desert island, nor under perfect equality. Politically it thus seems that both "communism" and "libertarianism" deny the hierarchy. And look at the results.

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Huh...Mathis looks more masculine than his portrait.

https://aretheyright.com/miles-mathis/

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One time I listened to an audiobook of Nietzsche. Very disjoined Wall of Text stuff. Not organized well at all.

It was even tough trying to sort out why he and his devotees think Christianity was a "slave religion". (Basically, he somehow seems to think wokeness is innate to Christianity, although IMO wokeness is what you get when Christians *apostasize from* Christianity and leave a sort of underlying Christian ethics behind while fully indulging the seven deadly sins, particularly envy.)

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In the photos, Mathis looks fine, but he obviously identifies with the delicate female beauty he depicts. He’s not gay, but he has serious male identity issues. Next stop, Troonyville. I’ve seen it happen before.

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Calls to mind the song “Diamonds & Rust”.

The original full version.

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they all have that passive look at me thing going on because their mother only allowed them to express(thus have) sensitivities, rather sympathy as a 6th sense, according to her narcissistic tyranny. the most potent gamma views himself as an object of other peoples desires and sensitivities hence the constant disassociation, i doubt them having a sense of empathy at all. it's a really horrifying thing. they're basically all mind controlled.

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Mar 22·edited Mar 22

Fascinating post. I like the example that a Gamma can be extremely talented, observant, and intelligent, and still be a Gamma. In spite of his prodigious output, Mathis clearly gets in his own way. In his work, there's the persecution complex, the grandiosity, and the refusal to engage with either allies or enemies. And in his love life, there's romanticism, pedestalization, and reality-denial.

Mathis has lots of opportunities for improvement. He should take them. For such a buster of false narratives, it's amazing that he hasn't taken the red pill on women yet. For such an intellectual, it's amazing that he doesn't believe in battle testing and refining his ideas. For such a writer, it's amazing that he doesn't believe in editing or concision.

But it's interesting to note that Vox values Mathis and his outsider perspective. Vox sees Mathis for what he is: a Gamma, and also a Committee of mysterious and unacknowledged purpose. Even so, Vox sees Mathis as a provider of hidden and forbidden truths--partial truths, perhaps, but still important and useful. This is a great piece from Vox Popoli about Mathis's valuable contributions and their limits. https://voxday.net/2023/05/10/the-limits-of-the-materialist/

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What happens to a Bravo who doesn't have an Alpha to support? Does he take on Sigma characteristics, or Gamma?

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Really nice paintings.

What about the fictional narrator of Notes from Underground, known as the Underground Man? Is he a gamma?

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>notice the similarity of this painting of a young woman to his own self-portrait.

That's pretty normal for all painters, because they tend to practice on themselves. It's probably why a lot of traditional paintings of women come out looking a bit mannish.

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When reading Notes from the Underground, I pictured Nietzsche as the main character.

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