Between Consensus & Conspiracy

Toxic Masculinity & The Cold Culture War


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In an ironic week where Gillette took it upon themselves to advise men on what type of men they thought we should be, cheered on by people who thought that any man who thought this condescending, a snowflake. After all, masculinity is a problem, with all the aggression that goes with it. Much better to be calm, caring & non aggressive. A few days later, many of the same people lost their marble's at some kids with MAGA hats, leading them to defend doxing, threats of violence & even fantasising the kids deaths. Collateral Damage in this idiotic culture war.

Podcasts discussed were

1:-https://player.fm/series/rebel-wisdom-2403731/warren-farrell-men-and-women-after-metoo

2:- Sam Harris The Information War https://samharris.org/podcast/

The book discussed was The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.

I also got my Dostoevsky's & my Solzhenitsyn's mixed up. Apologies.
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Between Consensus & ConspiracyBy Jerry Slattery