The Two Faces of Masculinity - A Call to Action: Guest Article by Scarlet Herst

Are Smiley Face Militias the cure to the social and political decadence we face?

There is currently a psychological operation being conducted upon young males and the involuntary celibate community which aims to cover up the real culprits and causes behind the escalation of misogyny and pessimistic attitudes towards women in society.

Recently a television series called Adolescence was released by Netflix. The series tells the story of a girl who is murdered and a young boy who is “radicalised” by the so-called “manosphere” and Andrew Tate types.

(Spoiler incoming)

After several scenes which are well-shot but poorly written, it is discovered that the young boy murdered the girl because he had been radicalised by misogynistic forums and influencers, laying most of the blame at Andrew Tate’s feet. What the series conveniently fails to acknowledge is that (a) the actions of the young boy were influenced by the murdered girl tormenting him relentlessly, and (b) masculine influencing agents existed long before Andrew Tate came to prominence.

After watching the series I wrote it off as just another myopic social commentary, that is until every newspaper began praising it. Following that, Kier Starmer publicly advocated the series being shown in schools. For those that are unaware, when the media talks about something more than usual and political leaders venture out of their zone of expertise to talk about said something that is the first indication that a psychological operation is underway.

Note: A psychological operation (psyop) can be defined as planned political, economic, military and ideological activities directed towards foreign countries, organisations, social collectives and individuals for the purpose of producing emotions, attitudes, understandings, beliefs or behaviour favourable to the achieving of a collective’s (such as a country or organisation) political and military objectives.

The Problem

The primary question to ask when you suspect as psyop is “what are they trying to divert my attention away from?”

In this case, that would be the culmination of the accumulation of political policies, social agendas and opportunistic corporate directives that have contributed to pushing traditional masculinity to the fringes of Western culture, where it has now merged with extremist ideals that naturally exist within the fringes of society, and this has been made worse by two things: (1) the existence of the internet and (2) the attributing of the word “extremism” to anything that remotely criticises the current social and political trend.

The problem is that traditional masculinity should have never been allowed to reach the fringe because more should have been done to prevent systemic emasculation.

Note: what is meant by “traditional masculinity” is the acceptance that men are competitive, stoic, domineering and at times violent because it is their nature to be that way as hunter-gatherers. This is not to say that women cannot possess these attributes as well, just that this is the default, natural setting for the male sex.

As Peter Carroll once said: “That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.”

The fact of the matter is that men have been denied outlets for their nature. No longer can they sublimate their nature through watching the escapades of their generation’s fictional masculine characters, portrayed in the 20th century by the likes of Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Michael Caine, Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney and so on. No longer can they dominate in the field of business without being dragged into a pay-gap, discrimination or sexual misconduct scandal. No longer are they allowed to keep their feelings hidden without being ostracised for it. No longer can they express their opinions without knee-jerk reactions. No longer are they allowed to settle disputes one-one-one with their fists. No longer are they allowed to be men. Therefore, men are expressing themselves more freely than they have done in the past in online spaces; men are more unhinged in their venting, more aggressive when trying to get their point across; and men are more deadly when it comes violence, as proven by the increase in knife-related crime and mass shootings.

The culture of violence itself has been accelerated by laissez-faire border policies (in Europe at least) and the consequent allowed entry of men from less developed countries that have cultures and religious practices which forcefully subordinate women to men, often by violence and sex. So when you are allowing these kinds of men into the country and the native population begins to transform into a minority, and they are restricted from being what they naturally are unless it is under the banner of black or Muslim culture, don’t be surprised when native young men that have been betrayed by society begin to model themselves on those incompatible (with the West) men and start listening to drill, forming gangs, raping girls, carrying knives, randomly attacking people on the streets, and adopting anti-women sentiments.

The Solution

The stage has now been set by the consequences previously mentioned and the only thing that will oppose the Perverse Toxic Masculinity that has taken over as a result of the aforementioned, is a gritted-teeth return of the traditional masculine. Men must no longer care about what will happen to them, what people will say about them, just like they are meant to. They must become what Jordan Peterson referred to as “consciously violent” instead of “unconsciously violent” like the men who have adopted Perverse Toxic Masculinity, but in order to do that a counter art to the Adolescent series must be identified. Adolescent is the ideal art form for preventing a solution from being found to the Perverse Toxic Masculine epidemic, but what is the solution to it?

“We’re a generation of men raised by women. I’m wondering if another woman is really the answer we need.”

This simple quote from the cult classic film Fight Club encapsulates how I believe Western society has emasculated men and how the feminine approach is the wrong approach.

(Spoiler incoming)

In Fight Club, a man with dissociative identity disorder and insomnia sets fire to his own comfortable, salaryman life to begin a journey to rediscover the masculinity and purpose that was

stolen from him by society. Along the way he gathers like minded individuals who identify with his cause and join him on his journey.

There are several stages of initiation that occur during the film and book.

The FIRST is realising their true, lack of worth to society and how they are ultimately irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

The SECOND is (1) discovering how consumerism controls behaviour and distracts people from the real issues plaguing the world, and (2) that in order for men to free themselves from the chains society has put them in they must destroy their current ideas of the world and their illusory sense of place within it, as best communicated by this quote: “It's only after we've lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”

The THIRD is man being reintroduced to his primal nature, relearning what blood tastes like in order to trigger his dormant primal nature.

The FOURTH is being reintroduced to transgression through forming an illegal fight club.

The FIFTH is rediscovering the concept of stoicism by being tasked with following the rule: “Do not talk about Fight Club.”

The SIXTH is conditioning men to appreciate conflict and combat through observing and participating in fights that end with an understanding that men fight because it is in their nature, not out of any emotional reason. This is communicated by fighters respecting the opponent’s wishes when they have had enough, offering a hand to return them to their feet and a show that it wasn’t personal with a handshake or hug.

The SEVENTH is reintroducing the concept of perseverance in suffering to uphold loyalty (fellow man and cause). This is achieved in the film by Tyler Durden/The Narrator refusing to sell the club for money to the gangster that owns the bar above and remaining steadfast when the gangster tries to beat him into submission.

The EIGTH is instilling a new form of order and discipline within members of the club as it metamorphoses into a guerrilla organisation. “Homework assignments” are first handed out to members of the club which involve acts of anti-corporate activism. This quickly evolves into a full- fledged recruitment program and the club finally becomes a militia, complete with a barracks, uniform and its own form of physical training. This is acutely communicated through two scenes: (1) where Tyler watches a recruit shave his head, slaps it and says “Space Monkey. Ready to be shot into space for the greater good; (2) where Tyler watches over a bunch of recruits digging in the garden while saying, “You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're the all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”

The NINTH is the transition of the members from men to soldiers, as the smiley face militia participate in domestic terrorism against credit corporations for the purpose of instigating a hard reset of society by abolishing all debt.

The alchemical path put forth by the philosophy within Fight Club can be broken down into five steps: Acceptance. Self-destruction. Awakening. Transformation. Becoming.

It is these very steps that the men of today must go through to rediscover traditional masculinity. ACCEPT that the system is fucked and you are merely the sum of corporate and socio-political parts. SELF-DESTRUCT by killing all ideals and discarding all possessions that hold you at the mercy of society. AWAKEN to the fact you are meant to be aggressive, competitive, transgressive and violent and celebrate that. TRANSFORM into a hardened individual through participating in honourable violent experience and risk-taking with like minded men. BECOME the ideal form of the traditional man through repeat exposure to the TRANSFORMATION stage and steadfastness to the ideals of loyalty, integrity and discipline to family (if deserved) and comrades, as well as stoicism in general. And instead of transforming into a sole paramilitary entity during the BECOMING stage, be content with spreading the traditional masculine archetype to other men and sharing the alchemical process with them by word of mouth.

What we can do as women is allow these men the space to undergo this transformation because when all is said and done they will be the ones challenging Perverse Toxic Masculinity in the streets whether we approve of it or not, whether some of us try to intervene or not, which is exactly what is needed. The solution to Perverse Toxic Masculinity is a smiley face burning upon the progressive building for all to see.

The psyop must end. And this is the first step – choose Fight Club over Adolescence to educate young men about what it means to be a man.

“If you are reading this, then this warning is for you: Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don’t you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can’t think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you’re supposed to read? Do you think everything you’re supposed to think? Buy what you’re told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you’re alive. If you don’t claim your humanity, you will become a statistic. You have been warned.”

-Tyler Durden

Good luck! x