If you ever find yourself unlucky enough to be dragged into a conversation with an eastern wench, go ahead and ask her to share her opinion on Slavic men.
One of the greatest frustrations I have with boomers is that even when they take you under their wing, they undermine this by supporting an ideology that cockblocks your career. "Sure, I'll get in touch with my old buddy at that organization and write you a glowing letter of recommendation ... anyhow let's talk about how important it is to recruit women and minorities! Everything's just too white and male, don't you agree? My old buddy certainly does. Oh, you didn't get the position? Sorry to hear that...."
In his book "Propaganda", public relations specialist Bernays explained how easy it was to break the cultural anti-smoking taboo, which had been inhibiting American women from smoking cigarettes and thus failing to contribute their fair share to tobacco profits in the 1920's. It took a campaign of 20 couples, only 40 people, being seen smoking cigarettes in all the right ("trendy") night clubs in New York City. It was all done as an expression of "freedom", whatever that is. Easy-peasy.
I agree that you've Identified a weird behavior common to a generation, but you can go further and investigate what possessed them, since similarly unnoticed demons are likely possessinng us even now.
I don't just mean the obvious social inanities we crticize, but the more subtle at next level down. Professional great-grandchildren of Bernays, sitting behind their desks, or perhaps touchpads, have certainly anticipated the realizations we express here, and have likely already placed updated propaganda traps to deal with us.
For instance, if I were interested in suppressing dissent, I'd depict prior generations as being hopelessly coopted and antiquated, lest discussions of cross-generational experiences provide insights that might be hard to come by otherwise.
It is fascinating to me to watch identical movements happen at the same time all over the globe. At first I thought maybe it was the US exporting culture. Maybe somewhat true. Then I thought it was purely financial/"easy times". Maybe in Europe and the US, not so sure that follows for Russia. Maybe in a relative way. Now I'm wondering if maybe it isn't somewhat due to our Judeo/Christian heritage and original sin and guilt. We're culturally primed to be receptive to narratives that destroy our collective confidence.
Maybe this is just feminism playing out to the far side of the pendulum, we've reached the ultimate shit test and men have just said "ah, fuck it" and turned away.
I'm thankful I was able to escape working in corporate situations 14 years ago. Even then the writing was on the wall. I'm certainly unemployable at almost any company in the West these days.
Very disturbing this is happening in America, Europe, Russia, and Japan simultaneously. The horrible truth is perhaps that our society, our species is built for cyclical wars, and that the peace of the Pax Americana has broken the machine.
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maybe there are some creative outlets for men to pursue that are being forgotten? everything nowadays revolves around money... it didn't use to be that way...
> I’m not promoting women-led society but we can learn a lot about how they befriend each other and talk about issues, working together towards a goal.
Have you ever actually known women? They stab each other in the back constantly. Get a group of them together and it turns into a toxic shitstorm of character assassination, whisper campaigns, mutual sabotage, and general bitching. That's why female-dominated organizations can never actually get anything done.
Considering that men-only organizations are illegal, where exactly are they supposed to talk? Sure, you can get together with some old buddies for golf or a few drinks, but you can't have any organized activity that you can recruit to.
One of the greatest frustrations I have with boomers is that even when they take you under their wing, they undermine this by supporting an ideology that cockblocks your career. "Sure, I'll get in touch with my old buddy at that organization and write you a glowing letter of recommendation ... anyhow let's talk about how important it is to recruit women and minorities! Everything's just too white and male, don't you agree? My old buddy certainly does. Oh, you didn't get the position? Sorry to hear that...."
Yeah, they were the generation that broke ranks.
In his book "Propaganda", public relations specialist Bernays explained how easy it was to break the cultural anti-smoking taboo, which had been inhibiting American women from smoking cigarettes and thus failing to contribute their fair share to tobacco profits in the 1920's. It took a campaign of 20 couples, only 40 people, being seen smoking cigarettes in all the right ("trendy") night clubs in New York City. It was all done as an expression of "freedom", whatever that is. Easy-peasy.
I agree that you've Identified a weird behavior common to a generation, but you can go further and investigate what possessed them, since similarly unnoticed demons are likely possessinng us even now.
I don't just mean the obvious social inanities we crticize, but the more subtle at next level down. Professional great-grandchildren of Bernays, sitting behind their desks, or perhaps touchpads, have certainly anticipated the realizations we express here, and have likely already placed updated propaganda traps to deal with us.
For instance, if I were interested in suppressing dissent, I'd depict prior generations as being hopelessly coopted and antiquated, lest discussions of cross-generational experiences provide insights that might be hard to come by otherwise.
It is fascinating to me to watch identical movements happen at the same time all over the globe. At first I thought maybe it was the US exporting culture. Maybe somewhat true. Then I thought it was purely financial/"easy times". Maybe in Europe and the US, not so sure that follows for Russia. Maybe in a relative way. Now I'm wondering if maybe it isn't somewhat due to our Judeo/Christian heritage and original sin and guilt. We're culturally primed to be receptive to narratives that destroy our collective confidence.
Maybe this is just feminism playing out to the far side of the pendulum, we've reached the ultimate shit test and men have just said "ah, fuck it" and turned away.
I'm thankful I was able to escape working in corporate situations 14 years ago. Even then the writing was on the wall. I'm certainly unemployable at almost any company in the West these days.
Excellent article.
Very disturbing this is happening in America, Europe, Russia, and Japan simultaneously. The horrible truth is perhaps that our society, our species is built for cyclical wars, and that the peace of the Pax Americana has broken the machine.
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Are you a story writer? I just checked out your blog, looks interesting. I'm trying to write fiction as well.
My background is entertainment (photography, advertising, television, film, poetry, prose).
My blog is written under a pseudonym for obvious reasons, as a Dissident.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about writing stories.
I'm not even sure what to ask. I'll read your blog first so that I dont embarrass myself.
Over the next days, weeks, and months I'm going to be writing posts advising talented, Raw, and Undeveloped writers how to improve their writing, storytelling.
Subscribe, I'm already planning on creating an introductory course.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any specific questions.
maybe there are some creative outlets for men to pursue that are being forgotten? everything nowadays revolves around money... it didn't use to be that way...
the path of self-improvement is always open.
"Self improvement is masturbation. Now self destruction…" - Tyler Durden
true...
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> I’m not promoting women-led society but we can learn a lot about how they befriend each other and talk about issues, working together towards a goal.
Have you ever actually known women? They stab each other in the back constantly. Get a group of them together and it turns into a toxic shitstorm of character assassination, whisper campaigns, mutual sabotage, and general bitching. That's why female-dominated organizations can never actually get anything done.
Considering that men-only organizations are illegal, where exactly are they supposed to talk? Sure, you can get together with some old buddies for golf or a few drinks, but you can't have any organized activity that you can recruit to.