The term "sexual strategy is amoral" has itself become a blanket term for "I'll do whatever I want, fuck morals!" On a relevant tangent: life itself is amoral, we developed morality because used correctly it is beneficial not just to the "idiot who believes in it" but "the greater good" or society as a whole. That includes you, the unapologetically selfish fuck. The basis of civilization is based on morality. "Life is amoral" and therefore the implication: morality is pointless is in and of itself, naive and disingenuous. If morality wasn't a beneficial evolutionary adaptation, you can believe natural selection would have weeded it out long ago. We condemn women and their hypergamy and their lack of morality or loyalty but then those same people from this sub expect to be able to lay waste to families, fuck married women with children and say "it's her choice because she let me fuck her, I'm just getting mine."
This double standard is not sustainable AND it is incredibly hypocritical. I can't respect men who bitch about shit in other people and then behave in the exact same way. If you don't have any personal system of morality or honour, you're not someone trustworthy. If you are not trustworthy, you are not worth doing business with, you will never be a patriarch who can build up, empower and sustain his own familial legacy in his own right. One should be Machiavellian only when necessary, to preserve one's interests. When you are non-defensively violent with your manipulations, you benefit nothing but your own sadistic lust. You in actual fact put yourself at risk too - but your ego blinds you to the possibility of those you have wronged and their allies seeking revenge upon you. Some people will wait years, until you forget, to strike and destroy you. You won't even remember why your enemy is an enemy, that is an effect of the idiocy in recklessness. Someone with a more balanced view of when it is apt to be immoral, and when it isn't in this war of attrition we call life - thrive and survive far better than those of you who are reckless with total and utter abandon.
This lack of responsibility taken, when our own standards of masculinity dictate we should take responsibility for all of our actions, is anti-masculine. It is ego-rationalising bullshit used to justify unbridled hedonism (within the context of this sub.) It's a defence for "don't judge my immorality, really it's amoral because existential nihilism and science!" There are so many sluts out there free and single that fucking taken women, especially those with pre-established families seems like needless destruction partaken in only to satisfy sadistic-narcissistic urges. I say this having fucked taken women myself. I don't claim to be any better than the men saying otherwise on this sub, but unlike them I am not fucking deluded about what I have done. I know it is immoral, I just don't care what you think about it enough to call it amoral. For the record: I've fucked women with boyfriends (knowingly and unknowingly) - but not any married women. I don't mind being the alpha fucks to a woman with a beta bucks, but not if they have a family. I don't want to wreck peoples families (it is senseless and the kids don't deserve the BS, I don't need a revenge attack when they grow up either) but I will fuck a whore in a less serious LTR (eg: they aren't married, no kids involved.) That's where my personal code of morality has taken me.
It is funny how the likes of anarchists and hedonists (I consider myself an anarchist in some ways, sometimes) think moralists are naive, yet it is they who are in the greater picture, naive. "X is amoral" is a common intellectual argument from the immoral to justify their immorality. Be under no illusions. I have done immoral things. I will do immoral things. I am capable of inflicting incredible pain both psychological and physical. But I don't abuse that power. I use it to create and nourish more than I do to destroy. Where destruction is pointless, why engage in it? Destruction is easy, the real challenge lays in creation. When I use destructive means for non-survival purposes, I will call it immoral. I will own my immorality but I will not gloat about it and shove it in the face of those inferior to me. I will not insult my enemies by telling them my actions are amorally justifiable because I am too big of a bitch to face my own demons. I can do immoral things, call them immoral and still respect myself in a mirror. I don't need to lie/hamster to myself or to others, that is a great part of my strength - the truth is always on my side, people cannot weaponise it against me because when they point something out about me and expect to have weakened me with shock, I am in no shock.
Anything is amorally justifiable, even theft and murder. You're not going to go around doing that now are you? No. Why? Because it will put you in prison. But you won't get locked up for fucking people's wives, so you think you can justify the same kind of immorality due to a lack of legal sanction. Just because it is possible to justify something amorally, it doesn't mean that in the instance you commit that act it isn't immoral. Things are situationally specific. Generally speaking, if the destruction you are causing another is not necessary for your own survival - you are engaging in an immoral act. In reference to the common thread on the sub at the moment: if you fuck someone else's wife and you know she is married, you are being immoral for the sake of your own libido/ego/sadism. Saying "sexual strategy is amoral" after the fact, doesn't change that. That's just a weak rationalisation for why said immorality is OK. Hamstering. If you think I'm being moralist, I'm not. I can justify this code of morality as amoral in much the way you can justify immorality as amoral. Like the OP title says, everything is amoral if you deconstruct if far enough.
I don't want people "bro-knighting" and trying to guilt trip men here for fucking women who were up for it, but were in a relationship. At the same time I don't want those same men doing a 180 the other way saying "fucking up peoples families is fine, it's the beta's fault for not keeping her happy" and then taking no personal responsibility for the part they play in enabling her bullshit. GET SOME PERSPECTIVE AND BALANCE ACCORDINGLY. Also quit bullshitting the rest of us, face up to your immorality.
Here's more irony for you: A guy who admits to his own immorality and writes about the dark triad is the source of this perspective. Haha, fucking hell. Life sure has a sense of humour.
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If you're not familliar with it allready, read about the objectivist view on your main premise: The is-ought problem.
DaegobahDan 10y ago
Objectivism is a bullshit waste of time.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Are you talking about Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophical school of thought?
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moodymela 10y ago
I am so glad someone posted this. It's like I said back in another thread: If you want to fuck around with someones woman and feel no moral obligations I hope when her man puts a shotgun to your face you don't feel he's morally obligated to not pull the trigger.
Cyralea 10y ago
The issue of one's security is a pragmatic issue, not a moral one. Fear of retribution is a logical reason to avoid married women, not a moral one.
RPDBF 10y ago
So murdering someone is = fucking a cheating whore who would have fucked someone anyway, god this sub has gone to shit
DannyDemotta 10y ago
The infiltration is real. It's like when you start a "All drugs should be legal" discussion, there's people that are 100% on your side........but then gradually start saying "Well, ok, but maybe LSD shouldn't be legal, because it's bad. Also, krokodil, And....And...." and slowly but surely, it starts getting chipped away.
In 2015, half these jackasses think a woman who has been married for a week and a half is suddenly no longer an option - but that mentally fucked-up co-ed whose had 30 strange dicks in her the last 3 months, yeah dude, go for it. Make her a plate, bro! Spin spin spin! Nevermind that you're statistically more likely to get caught up with the co-ed via STD, false rape claim, etc, than you are, say, getting shot by a jealous husband........let that hamster work overtime, my dude!
I don't know about saying the WHOLE SUB has gone to shit, but shit is certainly rising to the top at an alarming pace; and some of the most well-known contributors are starting to have the 'fame'/notoriety go to their head, trotting out this weak-ass, logically unsound bullshit, so as to appear more "well-rounded" and less fanatical. They're more concerned with their own reputations, and don't care that they're watering down the message.
rpkarma 10y ago
Murder is far worse than infidelity. And I'm obviously too young and in the wrong country, the worst you're risking here is a beating. Unless it's a bikies wife or something I guess, and in which case I've got little sympathy, you'd have to be a special kind of retard for that.
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rpkarma 10y ago
No, I was, it's just i targeted my hatred and anger at her, not him.
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thats why we have things called "laws". What a stupid fucking comment.
Dev_on 10y ago
so theres three levels of maturity.
adults are around #3
DannyDemotta 10y ago
20 year old, college junior "adults", maybe.
When you've been an adult for longer than many "adults" have been alive, there's a 4th option: I can't do X because it doesn't advance my cause.
I can drink all I want, do drugs, smoke cigarettes, whatever. My morals don't really matter in the equation. But as far as making gains in the gym, having more energy, being a more positive person - generally, advancing my own cause - then, for the vast majority of the time, I choose to abstain.
Could I find a way to do just a little weed, or take just a few shots here and there? Absolutely. But only if doing so would advance my cause (social drinking, smoking out with a friend whose parent just died, etc). I wouldn't just do it because "har har, it's Saturday and I'm bored."
Dev_on 10y ago
I wish I could find the psychological term that describes it better, but yes, that is actually number 3 you describe. It had to do with emotional/social maturity. key points were the first stage being the most child like and needing an authority figure to dictate action, the second was about hedonism and avoiding pain, and the 3rd was self actualization, and functioning in a complex society.
Perhaps moral was the wrong wordchoice there, ethical, or even pragmatic can be used just as easily
DannyDemotta 10y ago
I drink very infrequently. It's not really a moral decision, has little to do with morals. I'll go out with friends, and drink a few drinks. Not 10. Not 5. A couple, over the course of an entire evening. Again, not a moral decision, not a matter of getting caught, or being told not to drink. But drinking copiously does not advance my cause.
Has nothing to do with ethics - there's nothing unethical about drinking. Little to do with pragmatics - matching the drinking habits of others might, in fact, be more pragmatic to the group dynamic. What would be the point of being too drunk to drive, but not drunk enough to really "let it all hang loose"?
There's something larger at play here - in TRP and elsewhere. It's not just about morals, or hurting feelings, or breaking up happy families. It's about your entire body of work - some people don't mind bedding a FEW wives as part of their body of work, but would prefer not to have wives be their entire portfolio. Either way is fine with me.
Dev_on 10y ago
Maybe we aren't seeing eye to eye here, and I know in not picking the best choice of words, but tie basically describing the third level of maturity, I just can't out it in a way that we both agree on, but in practice age completely
aguy01 10y ago
It is just as amoral to blow someone's brains out as it is to fuck a man's wife.
moodymela 10y ago
The point of this thread that there are no morals. We made them up. The universe is entirely indifferent to our existence on this planet. Hence if you're okay with fucking someone's wife because it's amoral, well then, so is murder.
tyranus89 10y ago
No, it's that there is no morality outside of agency. In other, less accurate words, there's no objective morality of the universe that binds to creatures.
There is morality; it exists, and we follow it. It can even be argued that we haven't created it per se (see deontology and utilitarianism).
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jamesodinson 10y ago
You're right, no one owes anyone a damn thing. However, what happened to doing the "right thing" just because it is the "right thing". (Note: I put those in quotations because obviously everyone has different ideas of what is right.) It seems to me like TRP is about being the best man you can be regardless of what others do and not because of women, but because you want to be the best for yourself. This is just my $.02, perhaps I'm misinterpreting.
Stopher 10y ago
We are also probably genetically programmed to be against murder because it's kind of hard to reproduce and pass on your genes if you murder people and are executed or sitting in jail.
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But if you're really good at it, you get to write the history books.
fanfanye 10y ago
Murder your kin, probably.
To murder someone else that hurts your chance of passing your genes? thats probably ingrained in us.
tyranus89 10y ago
I'm not a biologist, but I don't think genetics take social consequence into account.
rpkarma 10y ago
There's some interesting research into epigentics that shows that there may actually be quite a big impact on your genes from outside influences proper to birth. Don't know whether it covers social consequences per se, but it's interesting. It may have second order effects that do effect your genes via epigentics.
through_a_ways 10y ago
Murder (or rape or genocide or whatever) doesn't really matter unless it impedes your self-interest.
If this statement bothers you, you're not redpilled.
tyranus89 10y ago
Untrue. Again, sexual strategy is amoral, not immoral. You can be red pill and feel that all of these things (murder, rape and genocide) matter.
TRP, being amoral, does not convene in the realm of morality, and thus one can be for or against anything morally, and be RP.
through_a_ways 10y ago
If we take TRP to its logical conclusion of not just understanding sexual dynamics, but understanding the entirety of the world around us, then we see that life is amoral.
We may be running into some definitional problems here. When I see "sexual strategy is amoral", what that means to me is that morality is optional when pursuing a sexual strategy. You can choose the immoral route of fucking wives behind their husbands' backs, or you can choose a moral route of not doing so, or something in between.
Of course, non-sexual activities hold the same possibilities. You can steal from someone, or rape someone, or murder someone, all of which are immoral activities under the conventional definitions of morality of almost every culture the world over. Or, you can give alms to the poor, be kind, etc., all of which are moral.
If you're unable to accept that it's ok for guys to fuck other guys' wives behind their back, then you're not redpilled. Sexual strategy is amoral.
If you're unable to accept that it's ok for people in general to perform all sorts of heinous acts (like murder, rape, war, mass bombing random people, etc.), then you're not redpilled. Life strategy is amoral.
We_Are_Legion 10y ago
I think what you mean is that "OK" is a relative term. Its not OK to society or the victim, but then the only question is why you're subject to their definitions of OK.
tyranus89 10y ago
Ok, that makes this more understandable.
What we're saying when we say "sexual strategy is amoral", is that it's not prescriptive, it's descriptive.
For example, math is amoral. 2+2=4 is a mathematical fact, not a moral fact. By expressing this truth, math is not attempting to consider its morality or immorality. TRP is also amoral. When someone expresses the best way to beat LMR, they're expressing a fact -- ignoring her words and paying attention to her actions is a TRP fact. It is not attempting to consider whether or not this is moral or immoral. That is the realm of ethics.
I'm not sure how clear that was, let me know if I should try and spin it another way.
through_a_ways 10y ago
That's more well-defined than what I said.
But the same conclusions still follow. Committing heinous acts like murder can be objectively beneficial, in the same way that overcoming LMR or sleeping around with emotionally damaged women is objectively beneficial (insofar as one views having sex as beneficial).
tyranus89 10y ago
By "objectively beneficial", do you mean that they do more good than harm? If so, you're thinking along the lines of utilitarianism, specifically 'act utilitarianism' which evaluates the morality of individual acts. Rule utilitarianism establishes general principles according to utilitarianist thought and then examines how individual acts affect utility.
However, under deontology these heinous acts would always be wrong. Deontology is bred from rational principles and only considers the intention of the act, not the results.
aguy01 10y ago
Yea, that's what amoral means. Immoral means something has negative social impact. I could take candy from a baby, which is an amoral reality, but it's a dick move that does not help society.
through_a_ways 10y ago
It is. You have every right to blow someone's brains out if you want, but the social collective has every right to react to that in any way they want, probably by putting you in prison.
Likewise, the social collective has every right to put you in prison for a crime you didn't commit.
A police officer has every right to kill you without repercussions, provided that he is physically able to avoid repercussions.
tyranus89 10y ago
right? Where do you derive this from?
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I'm not sure whether to agree with you or not, your comment is flippant. But if I think about it for an hour, I'm sure ill have seen the light.
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tyranus89 10y ago
One can subscribe to subjective morality and still criticize the moral behaviour of others. Subjective morality need not mean that "people can choose what they think is good or bad", it's just the opposite of objective morality, which is the argument that morals exist outside of agents/persons/humans.
I'm not sure why so many people here believe that there is no rationality involved with ethics/morality. Deontology is entirely based on a lack of emotion, and builds a moral philosophy purely out of the realm of the rational. Utilitarianism, although taking happiness/utility/pleasure as the base unit of discussion, approaches morality rationally as well. Under both of these (the two most prominent ethical philosophies) you can argue against the morality of another's actions and simultaneously subscribe to the idea of subjective morality.
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tyranus89 10y ago
Sure, ignore everything I wrote.
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tyranus89 10y ago
mmmm, not so sure about clear guidance being the problem more than interpretation. Most moral philosophies are quite clear, but interpretation of intangibles like utility and duty can muddy it all up, which in my opinion lends more to subjectivity than objectivity.
Yes, it definitely still can be objective. But is it? Again, objective ethics means that every act/intention is either morally right or wrong, despite what humans think about it.
Personally, that's too bold of a claim to believe. Again, we can still have subjective morality that people generally agree upon. Yes, there will be people who will spin things the way they want to and argue that "I was obligated to murder that young family because according to my ethics, they weren't 'real' people and I wanted to protect others", but this doesn't mean we need to "respect" this and let him go -- morality and law are two different things. We've determined that not being able to kill whoever you want brings everyone more safety and peace of mind and thus a more productive society, so no matter your moral thoughts on the subject, this is not allowed.
The way I see it, yeah it would be a lot more convenient if morality was objective... But as we've learned from TRP, what we'd wish doesn't change what actually is.
AdmiralVonJackass 10y ago
If it comes down to a choice of momentary sexual satisfaction versus the actualisation of your own character and dignity, I would hope that this place has done a good enough job in teaching us what the right decision would be.
needoptionsnow 10y ago
Solid philosophical underpinnings. Excellent post.
tyranus89 10y ago
Society's emphasis of science without the backing of philosophy has led to this insanely ignorant mindset, which is a huge part of the "decline" that we all lament, yet most of TRP is a part of. Kudos to /u/illimitableman for pointing this out.
Blame whomever you want, but not too long ago basic philosophy and moral systems were a major part of high school and even elementary school education. This has been lost on us, and now we're paying for it.
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tyranus89 10y ago
Bullshit. Religion is a way for the 1% to control the masses. It's a plague that's better eradicated, and thankfully we're heading down that road. Modern Christians don't take any of the core morals from the bible to heart and instead corrupt them to justify their own prejudices and further their own causes. As OP noted, morals have always been part of humanity, that's how we got as far as we did.
thepillwastaken 10y ago
I hit a crossroads on this because I do not believe a 100% selfish existence is mentally healthy. I lived one for years and I believe part of life is being able to give back to people - it's not easy.
That being said, it does not change my sexual perspective at all. It does not change how I go about business or anything else. But you want to maintain balance.
Personally I have worked on giving more time to others and not just thinking about my needs all the time. It is not easy, but I believe it is key to having a balanced existence.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
All extremism is inherently detrimental, no matter what your views are.
dykmidk 10y ago
You can't give to charity if you don't make any money. This translates fairly well to how positive you can be with others. You can't give out much if you don't have it yourself.
thepillwastaken 10y ago
I never once mentioned charity.
I feel like that is part of the problem. People think giving is monetary. It's not. You can give your time to help others too.
It's stunning to me that people immediately think that giving equates to money. There are plenty of people with nothing who give anyway.
dykmidk 10y ago
Charity was an example of something you could give, not a specific talking point.
thepillwastaken 10y ago
Focus on giving some time to others. Focus on helping other people as much as you help yourself. That is the high level message.
dykmidk 10y ago
I agreed from the start, I was making a side point. The better off you are the more you can help.
SariaLystra 10y ago
I think you're onto a greater point. I definitely agree with the major points and bold points you've hilighted. Is life inheriently amoral? To an extent yes: evolutionary biology would suggest that helping someone is only done when you expect something in return and on that basis, an abstraction of morality can be made.
Furthermore, I agree with your point about the whole justification of acting like a slut via nihilism. But I think its more of nihilism and post-modernism masquerading as "freedom." This is because the question and burden of proof has shifted from "why" to "why not." For instance, instead of asking "why should you be allowed to sleep with 100 dudes before marriage," more people are asking "why cant' I be allowed to sleep with 100 dudes before marriage." The reason is a misunderstanding and (deliberate) misinterpretation of "freedom." For women, this "freedom" comes with no strings attached because men are always there to take the fall hence she has no responsibility. Men cannot posit the same assumption because they are forced to take responsibility for their actions (and other people's actions).
Finally, this piece is very good as being a "back of the envelope" explanation for why anyone should act in a moral manner. Of course, many philosophers have a few books dedicated to the subject but I think this is one of the better "quick and dirty" articles to warm people up to the idea. For future reference, tone down the language: sometimes it detracts from the point. But keep it up. I want to see more of these topics.
jagrmeister721 10y ago
Interesting viewpoint. Much of society's moral and legal direction is to aim us towards a blue pill provider life....like outlawing and stigmatizing sex outside marriage (one example would be prostitution). An 'upstanding' 'moral' man becomes 'responsible' by marrying a woman and having a family. So I am fine bucking "society's morality" and even some of its laws that are not in my interest. But that doesn't mean I kick my conscience into the ocean. Instead I follow my own personal morality and sense of fairness.
I sometimes fear we will end up emulating a woman's worldview by adopting pure opportunism- doing what one can get away with. I've always felt men live by values; by seeing the big picture. To me, that's what morality is about. Women tend not to have long-term orientation, they function on feeling. We have best friends for life, guys we went to school with, while women go through BFFs every year. We keep hobbies for life, we build businesses across a lifetime. That kind of long-term mindset knows that doing right by other people pays dividends in your own life. It's not a goodie-two-shoes mentality; you can live a successful, uncomplicated life by joining your goals with a moral code that considers the well-being of others. To me, that's a key way the genders differ.
Separating actual morality (and consideration for others) from society's bullshit blue-pill social engineering masquerading as 'morality' is key.
Alegretron 10y ago
Great post... I now wonder how many of the prostitutes I boned over the years where married:)
Glenbert 10y ago
This times a million. This is why I can't dissociate masculinity with morality. Even when I was a libertine, I rarely saw other libertines as true masculine role models. It all just seemed so... feminine.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
This is a commendable post and I share it's sentiment 100% (unless you edit in something after my making of this statement.)
albete 10y ago
Wonderful to read this post. It's good to know there are men of good character who will take the high road. This is how we progress as a species.
FRDevlin makes a good point that it's easier to encourage moral behavior if females as modest, for one because men have much stronger sex drives, so it can be more difficult for them. Now that women are encouraged to slut it all out, it's good to know men of good character are willing to work to get things back on track.
Well said OP.
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ibuprofiend 10y ago
Endorsed contributor vs. the mods. Let's see how this plays out.
Cyralea 10y ago
Despite the constant charges against us, TRP is not a hivemind nor a circlejerk. TRP isn't monolithic.
It's possible for there to be some disagreement in areas that are inherently subjective, like morality.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
This assumes I am against the mods. I am not. I have a great relationship with the mods. I am simply building upon their view, not contesting it. My view is perfectly in line with the mods, read paragraph 6. You have misinterpreted my post, but I did not expect it to be easily comprehended or become a top subreddit post. I expect it to piss a few people off. I also expect some people to totally misunderstand me. I also expect some blue pillers to say I'm on crack and maybe seeing the light (too bad guys, I'm still an asshole despite my lucidity.) I also expect some people to try and attack my psyche in the comments. I expect a lot of mental violence and misconception. I am simply ranting. If some people find some value in this and gain some elucidation, then cool. That's ultimately the purpose of the thread, not a challenge of the status quo. The mods do a great job here and I support them 100%, this was written for educational purposes, not out of discontent.
Dev_on 10y ago
makes sense to me.
If you're an asshole, own it, because women hamster.
I-Am-Dickish 10y ago
I honestly can't see this post being attacked significantly. This subject has been discussed a bit in purple pill and your post sums up the conclusion. Amorality is generally only used to analyze a situation free of bias. Everything can be viewed amorally and you don't have to justify that view. Amorality only applies to theories while morality applies to actions.
Also the amount of hamstering it takes to view fucking a mans wife as ok (and telling him is better) is hilarious. They won't last long, some beta will snap and shoot them.
Human_v2 10y ago
I think you've got it right here.
To expand - all actions are covered by morality, you can never do something and claim it is 'amoral'. What the word applies to is the discussion of theory in this subreddit. If we want to understand what it is that makes women in relationships easy to sleep with we have to suspend discussion on whether it is moral or immoral to do so.
Discussion of morality is simply irrelevant to the overarching theme of the subreddit - understanding of sexual interactions. Imo there shouldn't be any discussion of what to do with the knowledge and even in examples of 'immoral' actions, focus on what the interaction means and what we can understand from it. To argue that some stranger was immoral in one instance is pointless, if you think it's immoral then don't do it.
As the OP says, have your own moral values which guide your actions. If you want to be destructive, go ahead but don't try to justify yourself as anything but.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Perfect summation and really clear. Particularly on amoral = theory, morality = action. I would show up in PPD in my sparsely spare time, but the few times I went I saw too far too much nitpicking so noped the fuck out of there.
I-Am-Dickish 10y ago
I agree on PPD. To many people there just want to rage and force their opinion down the others throat. Personal attacks run rampant. It's hard to hold an intelligent debate staring at each other through scopes.
ibuprofiend 10y ago
Basically you're saying that we should apply morality to sex, but we have to keep quiet about it. We can't stand up for our beliefs (because that would be "broknighting" - a ridiculous term).
I guess that's a balance or middle ground, but it's not something many people will be happy with.
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I see this debate as concerning the direction TRP will take in the future. A large group here think of TRP as an animalistic, hedonistic, and largely nihilistic approach to life where you give up on modern society and try to act like an alpha monkey from the fucking jungle while civilization burns around you. Other groups want TRP to be about improving the lives of men, not pussy-worshipping wannabe animals. There's no other well-known place online where men can come together and freely discuss culture, politics, etc., but now lots of guys are being pushed out, and our haven from feminism, etc., is disappearing.
The comments on this popular post from /r/ seduction illustrate how TRP is now viewed as short-sighted and nihilistic, even by the PUA community, while the actual post in that link shows how a man of honor and integrity should act.
TRP should be a great community that welcomes free and open discourse, not a dogmatic ideology, and I'll gladly sacrifice the latter for the former.
sir_wankalot_here 10y ago
Read my comment. OP is not saying anything of the sort. You are sticking words in his mouth.
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I used to subscribe to seddit. It went to complete shit a few months ago. Success is now getting a kiss after a date.
That said, TRP is trending the same direction. Also I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Phaint 10y ago
A few months ago? Try years.
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I lost interest around the time that Models was gaining popularity, which upon review was almost 4 years ago O.O
token_stache 10y ago
I agree with parts of what you're the saying. The not fucking taken women, the long term vendettas you may get out of it, but the whole create a family, be a patriach. Maybe cause I hate being around kids and domestic life, it isn't a requirement for a full life. Personally I'd rather have cancer than a family.
The basis of civilization is a codified law, complex social structures and abundant food supply. You can look at a myriad of civilizations from the aztecs, Rome, Greece, Sumeria, the United States, China and the British Empire. They do not share the same moral values.
Society can be amoral, as long as people don't riot, loot and cause enough disruption for infrastructure and law enforcement to become ineffective.
It also takes a significant majority. If we trps, got to our job, follow the written law, we will not effect and cause civilization to decay. We are gaming the system sexually, for us it's a big benefit for society the effect of us few is pretty much null.
Imo, there are no objective morals, and fucking loose women won't cause the end of days.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/the-price-of-female-sexual-freedom/
I'm going to have to agree with J.D. Unwin and CH on this one.
token_stache 10y ago
Fair enough. We just have different perspectives on this.
Glenbert 10y ago
Can we all just agree to stop using the term bro-knighting? It's the only term that sounds more queer than man-o-sphere.
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Mt_Arreat 10y ago
The OP, whether aware or not, is speaking from a very Nietzschean viewpoint. Friedrich Nietzsche is popularly referred to as the founder of the school of thought of nihilism - a philosophy suggesting that morals are subjective and do not exist in an objective sense (i.e. the universe is without meaning).
Of course, in a totally amoral universe, excessively antisocial behaviour would be rampant without deterrents to those who harbour feelings that this behaviour is acceptable. Machiavellianism as a default platform for behaviour would hypothetically become a norm.
However, Nietzsche did not preach the virtues of nihilism. He actually identified nihilism as being a pervasive issue in society, suggesting that destructive and antisocial behaviours will rise as a result of "the death of God", which he meant as a metaphor for Christian values becoming less and less important in Western society as the Church lost power (irrelevant to my point, but good to know for context).
His proposed solution to a nihilistic universe was that humankind must take the next step in its evolution, socially. It became man's duty to evolve into the Übermensch, or super man. Not in the sense of leaping over buildings and having a weakness to Kryptonite, but instead that this new kind of person must go above and beyond, and become superior to his predecessor.
Interestingly enough, we at TRP simply know this as MGTOW. Not all Übermensch are MGTOW, as the measure by which the meaningfulness of the life life of an Übermensch was how he advanced future generations of humankind (or even his own lineage). This idea also ties in with another popular book within the Manosphere - Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, where he refers to the concept of being a citizen of the universe, with a duty to all intelligent creatures.
Nietzsche even noted that the primary aspiration of a woman should be to give birth to, and raise, an Übermensch.
From Wikipedia:
This refers to the antisocial and Machiavellian modus operandi OP and I have both referred to.
The polar opposite of Nietzsche's Übermensch, is Nietszche's "Last Man".
Sound familiar? Nietzsche was Red Pill as fuck. He identified the concepts of "Alpha" (beyond "fuck bitches get money") and "Beta" way before our time, and he cleverly suggested it was everyone's duty to evolve to become the so-called superman.
Further reading:
P.S. To the OP, thanks for posting this. It's nice to see some content that isn't totally fucking stupid for once.
krakosia 10y ago
This is a movie worth watching - When Nietzsche Wept
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Dude, he was a fucking pussy. Robert Greene's book on seduction pretty much summed it up for me. Pussy. And killed himself because of pussy? Someone correct me.
Cyralea 10y ago
This comment needs much more visibility, regardless of one's personal ethics. It's a very nice summary of Nietzsche's philosophy.
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AFPJ 10y ago
Morality is an ideological construct to deter individually favorable Prisoner's Dilemma type decisions in order to achieve a collective Pareto efficiency high enough to allow a society's continued existence despite itself.
When individually favorable choices outweigh collectively favorable choices on enough fronts, it ends. It will always end because the inertia of time combined with consistent collectively favorable choice making create enough surplus for rampant individually favorable choice making to begin and go on for enough to be irreversible before collapse due to the very same inertia which allowed it. In our current stage of civilization, we are long past the crest of morality.
What's past that crest? The decline / absence of morality, hence the saying "fall into depravity". This is important because once "the whole" begins disregarding morality, it's near the end. Those still embracing morality crash first.
infernalsatan 10y ago
After reading this and WatchTower's post, I think TRP may split into two or even more schools.
I left TRP because I recently felt that redpillers are no longer human anymore. It broke my heart when I saw someone who question the true meaning of alpha vs being a good person got downvoted a lot. They made me wonder, what is a true redpiller? Should a redpiller be a human? Or be some humanoid that is "alpha" but without moral, decency and emotions? And what is alpha?
And this post makes me think, how important is humanity in the redpill philosophy?
TheRedTrader 10y ago
http://illimitablemen.com/2014/06/28/the-collapse-the-evolution-of-awareness/
This is relevant.
The people that are Bro Knighting are idiots but what some people on here cant understand is the difference between sympathising with illimitablemans stand point and being a bro knight. One is still plugged in and just shaming from a place of emotion, the other is becoming aware of how this system works and wants to discuss the ethics of said system.
My thoughts are as follows, sexual strategy itself is amoral but my application of the strategy has to be within my own moral guidelines.
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The only reason why morality exists is to keep the sheeple in line to keep building the elites' empires.. It's a lot easier to socially engineer the masses when you have this charade going on, makes them a lot more predictable too.
EDIT: Also, you say that you can't stand men who say one thing and do the other. As a guy who has had multiple girlfriends cheat/leave for another guy, but have always refused to be that guy who coaxed the girl into leaving, why should I care anymore? I'm certainly not going to chase women who are specifically taken, but why should I care to ask if they have a boyfriend or husband? If a girl leaves her college boyfriend for you, that's one thing.. But if she leaves a husband and cheats with you? Why not treat her like the dirt she is? Just fuck her and send her home to the bucks.
no_face 10y ago
Let's take a moment to clarify certain terms in pragmatic ways.
Moral refers to actions pertaining to code of values and moral actions are those in line with them. Immoral actions are those that are explicitly against the code of values. Amoral refers to items that are not concerned with any values.
From a practical point of view, moral actions are ones approved by society that you live in and immoral actions are ones that are those that are disapproved.
The disapprovals will be proportionate to how seriously the value is viewed in a society. For example, murder is strongly disapproved in most cultures enough that the perpetrator will be captured and killed. Other actions such as adultery may be viewed as equally vile in some societies and may result in death by stoning while it may simply result in loss of social standing in other societies.
Science, objects and strategy for the most part are amoral. The queens gambit, a chess strategy, all-in or fold, a poker strategy are amoral because they do not represent actions in a code of values.
Sexual strategy while being amoral, the individual participating in its execution will be subject to society's determination of morality.
Do not conflate the strategy part (DHV/negging/escalation) which are amoral with aspects of how you apply it (coersion, adultery) which can certainly be immoral.
You will suffer loss of social standing for some actions. High quality people may cease associating with you. Your professional network may shrink. Your ability to run for office or hold important positions may suffer. Consider these practical consequences and ask yourself if this special snowflake is worth the trouble.
Guard your reputation, so much depends on it
MaslowsHammer 10y ago
Thank you for posting this, it brings up a few great points on the subject of morality. I would agree with you that morality forms the foundations of a man and of society at large and those examining sexual strategy are reaching the wrong conclusions of morality, but I disagree about sexual strategy as a question of morality.
Sexual strategy creates amoral techniques but its end results are subject to morality. Sexual strategy, for both men and women, forms the means to achieve ends: sex, and commitment, respectively. If a man used game he learned on TRP to convince a new girl he met at a bar to fuck, we could say the results are not immoral, they might be considered on the grounds that the hook up benefited both parties. Now, if that same man used the same game to fuck a married woman, we could consider the action to be immoral. Because the result of the sexual strategy changed, the morality of the action changed. However, the sexual strategy remains unchanged. The strategies in and of themselves, are amoral. The question of morality should be focused not on the strategy but the application of the strategy.
Questioning the application of sexual strategy allows segregation of means and ends. Having a clear division between method and results of strategy highlights the true nature of sexual strategy as a tool. Sexual Strategy is a means, Morality is the ends.
Goupidan 10y ago
Very well put, the way you wrote it synthesized my thoughts clearly and put words where I was looking for them.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Completely agree with this. Methodology is not capable of being moral or immoral.
Waldo00 10y ago
There is no right and wrong. Only karma. If you wrong a man by sleeping with the mother of his children, he may come and kill you. We just live in a time of law, fear and cowardess. So for the moment the bounty is free for te taking. But when the pressure builds so too will the karmic consequences.
Entrefut 10y ago
This right here is where I really enjoy the application of the 38th law of power. I will continue to have my own personal beliefs on morality, but act in a way that keeps me aligned with the general population and their opinions on morality, for my safety and that of societies. By picking and choosing the situations that benefit me most to be ammoral, I am limiting the number of people who view me as an immoral person. Personally I don't see the personal benefit in fucking a woman with a family, unless it is of no effort on my end (in which case it's my dick or 1 of 50 in the bar) or yields substantial personal gain. Is fucking this woman going to do anything for me and my future that I couldn't do with a couple minutes and some hand lotion in the bathroom? You never know when the man who's family you defiled can come back and bite you in your ass. Making uneccesary enemies and opening yourself up to risk for some easy pussy is not in my list of priorities. From a societal stand point, not fucking married women is of more personal gain to you than fucking them... unless you're trying to speed up the failing of their relationship. In the end we just have to ask ourselves, what does this woman offer that other women don't and are the risks associated with that worth it?
Whole thing reminds me of a story arch from Lost. Sawyer's family was destroyed on a con, which sent him on a blood hunt for the man who ruined his childhood. An extreme example, but can you afford to make more enemies? Cheating with a senator's wife in your home town is going to give you much more struggle than gain. Where as fucking a Senators wife in a different state, country, or continent will have much fewer downfalls. Understand and accept the consequences of all that you do. Don't say, "I CAN FUCK HIS WIFE WITH OUT CONSEQUENCES CAUSE LIFE IS AMMORAL." say, "I openly accept the possible consequences of my actions, but this decision pushes my personal agenda more than it sets it back, so in the end, I don't give a fuck."
Mihawk01 10y ago
That is the thing, everything is ammoral, yet everything also has consequences, or results as I like to call it.
Kill your loud neighbour, yet don't be surprised when the police come knocking on your door, or even better, neighbours relatives with a shotgun.
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Dev_on 10y ago
it ebbs and flows. it's almost like a system.
it's kind of a cycle through these. Having said that, either the mods, or the other subscribers here are getting better at keeping it down after a short time
I-Am-Dickish 10y ago
You've just become accustomed to the average content. After you understand the basics, most posts are insanely repetitive.
This is when you take more of a mentor role. Correct wrong impressions and all that shit.
Cyralea 10y ago
Glad someone is lucid enough to point this out. The freshness of content goes down as your familiarity goes up.
trpSenator 10y ago
That's true, I think. I know, at least, whenever I come on I skip over a majority of the stuff. I just read it and think, "Yeah, yeah yeah, I've heard it a hundred of times." Then go trolling around for something interesting, but even then I hardly participate.
I mean, I've literally learned all I have to learn, and from here on out I'm very aware of my strengths and weaknesses I need to work on, so new posts really don't add much. Which is why I think the half life of a member around here is probably 6-10 months.
Though, every now and then something interesting will come up that I just have to participate in, similar to debating religion or something. I know everyone already knows the answers, or at least someone else will make my same point, but sometimes I just want to participate.
Now, I browse far more casually and comment less serious. I think IM's posts are the only ones I make sure to click every time.
It's rare to have people like the mods who stick in it for long periods of time.
Dev_on 10y ago
fells good, like I'm making progress then, because it's starting to sound like you describe.
Though the libertarians always get me sucked in.
-drukpa-kunley- 10y ago
This happens to every online community. As more and more of the slack-jawed troglodytes get involved, the collective IQ of the community gets debased. And I for one applaud the mods for their swift use of the ban hammer. Without that we would quickly be overrun.
But there is a whole movie about this dynamic: Idiocracy.
Dev_on 10y ago
it's just called regression to the mean. the old 'think about how smart the average person is, now imagine half the people are stupider than that'
id-buyer 10y ago
I agree with you, but the way you worded your post sounds like something straight out of /r/iamverysmart. You need to drop that superiority complex.
FooleryCommaTom 10y ago
I disagree. He's not only correct, but it's not like he used a thesaurus to make himself sound smarter. Take that lame shit elsewhere if you're not going to add to the conversation.
id-buyer 10y ago
Right, but could you not pick up the tone of his comment? It was very high and mighty.
And in regards to sexual strategy, having a superiority complex can hinder game and LTRs. Excessive confidence is good, but women smell a superiority complex from a mile away and find it repulsive.
So it may not have added to the conversation, but it's certainly relevant to the sub and helps him.
FooleryCommaTom 10y ago
As reluctant as I am to defer to the hive mind, I think our upvote ratios would say otherwise.
He's right and it's sad to watch a good community get ruined by the LCD. I enjoy coming here for insight and encouragement from a purely male perspective, but signal to noise is decreasing. I'm not happy about it either. Thank god for the mods cleaning up the bulk of the mess, but the "slack-jawed troglodytes" will eventually ruin this place because they're too hard headed to read the God damn sidebar before rushing in and posting/commenting. It's like seeing a wise old friend slowly die of cancer.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Man that movie was boring as shit. Underwhelming, and I suspect the major point it was trying to drive home was missed by the majority.
-drukpa-kunley- 10y ago
I agree. It was painful to watch at points. Its hard to make stupidity funny. "Everybody knows you never go full retard." But the underlying observation about the decline of societal standards was spot-on.
abcd_z 10y ago
Meh. People have always been complaining about the decline of societal standards, and people today aren't fundamentally different from how they were, say, 2000 years ago.
Heuristics 10y ago
These types of things are typically from old brothels, not living roms of some old roman grandma.
southernmost 10y ago
You'll notice that Greece was conquered by Rome just a couple hundred years after Socrates' time.
abcd_z 10y ago
I've never heard of any studies that show a positive correlation between moral behavior and military effectiveness.
EDIT: Or are you claiming that Greece was defeated because they were too stupid to defend themselves? I must admit, I've never heard that theory before.
vandaalen 10y ago
“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” - Socrates
alpha_n3rd 10y ago
The more things change the more they stay the same.
Dev_on 10y ago
yes... been looking for that one for a while. I love this quote with the inevitable society going to hell in a handbasket speech
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Dev_on 10y ago
It was a few hundred years after the philosophers, but I suppose it's easier to be a cynic than take in the wisdom of others
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through_a_ways 10y ago
On the contrary, I just see an influx of moralfags. Been here for a year and a half.
Rooster1981 10y ago
I agree with this completely.
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DaegobahDan 10y ago
Imaging the pure Alpha of Alpha males. This imaginary god among men can make any panties drop simply by willing it. You, on the other hand, have your shit together but you are still human. You make mistakes and are not perfect. You are in a relationship with a girl you feel like is real LTR material. She supports you and generally makes you a better person.
Now one day, Alpha McAlpherson walks though your town and decides "ME HORNY. WANT FUCK NOW!" He sees your girlfriend and using just a fraction of his manliness, fucks her like she has never been fucked before. He feeble feminine mind melts at the sheer intensity of the orgasm, and she abandons you. She decides that it is better to spend the rest of her life in the futile pursuit of this man if that means for even a second he might deem her worthy again. What can you do to stop her? Nothing.
Now at this point ask yourself? Does "Sexual strategy is amoral" make you feel any better about all of this? Couldn't everyone have been better served by Alpha McAlpherson fucking your girlfriends equally hot twin sister that lives a few house down? Absolutely. But he didn't feel like the effort of walking an extra 50 yards was worth giving a flying fuck about YOUR feelings now did he?
The long and short of it is: just because you CAN do something doesn't make it okay. The phrase "sexual strategy is amoral" only means that the things that are required to have sex are not up for debate, you either accept it or your genetic line dies out. It has absolutely no bearing on whether or not fucking someone else's girlfriend is moral, because it isn't. It's quite IMMORAL. It goes against the pure essence of morality: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Mihawk01 10y ago
It isn't immoral, anyone who says so is just being stupid and hasn't understood the whole point of RP yet.
Mihawk01 10y ago
I feel the OP is very much misguided. The reason why morality is very much discussed here is because women are often amoral, while men often have this notion of morality (e.g. fucking only loved ones, being nice, buying presents, keeping your word, having a good life, etc, etc) which is not shared by the women.
So you end up having a lot of angry, misunderstood men, who cannot understand why the hell does that rude, broke guy get to fuck all those girls, while he is at home watching porn.
Why does this happen? Why do men have this notion of morality? Because it is banged into them from an early age by the manipulative media, and everyone around them. For example, be nice to girls, men are all bad rapists, you must work hard to make a good living, etc, etc, etc.
Everyone uses this morality to manipulate men. They are taught to treat women nicely by their manipulative mothers, they are taught not to steal by the governments which themselves do all the stealing, and they are taught not to step out of line by the people who themselves have stepped out of line, just to control everyone else.
So understand, morality is just a tool to control you, just like religion is, and just like the culture is. Follow it, and lose in life, be that good slave that the corporations want you to be, be that beta husband that the old used up slut wants you to be, or be that law abiding citizen that the government wants you to be so that they make as much money as possible.
Or choose the other way. Reject all those morals, do not live by them. Live by RESULTS. See that young girl, realise that she enjoys being mistreated, and fucked like a slut. Do that if you want. See that the government takes the piss, use that to your advantage, game the government if you find a way.
When it comes to killing... why is it fine to kill in a war, but not normally? Because the government says so? Because George Bush says it is fine to kill Iraqis now? Realise that when you kill someone, even though it is amoral, what results will you create? You are creating a world where killing happens, a couple of enemies, and maybe jail for the rest of your life. That is why it probably is not the best thing for you, not because it is immoral (which it isn't, everything is amoral), but because the results are not what you want. That is why, living in a country with no negatives for killings (i.e. jail) isn't a great idea, since there will be so many of them. There will be no real negatives (jail), it would need very strong mental manipulation (morality, etc) to control. People who will break free of this control, will control that world. That is why it is so important to enforce it with real negatives.
I8ASaleen 10y ago
Lost faith in this sub over the last few weeks, thanks for restoring it.
sir_wankalot_here 10y ago
Morality to some degree differs among social groups and cultures. Machiavellian reason why you should be "moral" when possible is because if you are caught you will lose "reputation".
Sexual example of a moral code. Between the Army and Navy is a lot of rivalry. If you where army and fucked another army guy's wife, you are playing with fire. On the other hand if an Army guy fucked a Navy guy's wife it would build your reputation among your Army peers. The reasoning is all Navy guys are closet homos and wimps. So it is ok to poach their women.
Whether or not you agree with the code. That is the code. If you break it you are playing with fire so you better have a good reason to break it.
Violence is a solution, but it is always best to find peaceful solutions first. It should only be used as a last resort.
brotherjustincrowe 10y ago
If you fuck a friend's wife, they're not much of a friend, but neither are you.
There's always easy pussy out there. Fucking another guy's wife to spite him seems like a petty move, and also just kinda - I dunno, gay?
sir_wankalot_here 10y ago
Did you actually read what I said ? Or do you allow your emotions to run your brain. I suspect the second.
brotherjustincrowe 10y ago
How did emotion factor in there? You posted your thoughts, so did I.
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A lot of posters here seem to think that a woman has absolutely no say in cheating on their partner and that it's all the 3rd party's fault that the cheating happens.
Doctor_Mayhem 10y ago
I'm just gonna copypaste the comment I put on the broknighting thread...
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I'm not necessarily on the prowl for taken women, but if I'm vibing with a girl at a party or at a club or what have you.. I'm not going to say "no".
But according to bro-knighters I suppose it's better to reinforcing her and her man to stay in their shitty subpar relationship and continue the lie that they actually care about each other.
TheLameloid 10y ago
I find men that justify fucking someone's wife behind his back repugnant. They are accomplices of the woman's moral felony. Of course, they would spare no punishment for both parties, if they were to be cheated on by their partners.
These men are the proof that hamstering is not a women-only phenomenon.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
100% agree with your post. I despise the hamster in a man even more than in a woman. Men at least have a capacity to be logical and clear-headed should they opt to be. Women on the other hand - not so much.
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rpkarma 10y ago
Depends. If he knows she has a husband and kids? Yeah I'm not a fan. If he doesn't? I'm not going to hold it against him.
deville05 10y ago
I dont believe that your (the woman's) relationship/marriage is my responsibility. She is the gatekeeper of sex and if she wants to open her gate and let someone in, then it might as well be me if thats what i want too. Its a totally different case if her husband is known to me or is my friend. Then I have to pick whats valuable to me now or in the future. If I hate the guy or dont value his friendship, fuck it. If i dont know the guy well but we work together and foresee an amicable relationship thats mutually benifitial to us both.. Dont fuck it.
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An exclusive relationship is a
contractpact between two partners. The dude fucking the wife is not part of it.Goupidan 10y ago
Valid point.
However, shouldn't accomplices should be as equally guilty in the commission of an act?
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Cheating is not a crime. We could look up in the law if helping someone to break a contract is illegal, but then being in a relationship is not a legal contract anyway, it's merely a social construct that is unfortunately not enforced anymore.
The dude is not the cause nor the one cheating, period.
sunwukong155 10y ago
I do see your point.
But what about fucking a dude's wife is "sexual strategy". Fucking a dude's wife simply represents a lack of effective sexual stategy, unless she is just that hot. Fuck someone else, if you are so "Alpha".
This entire issues falls under the issue of "a culture increasingly lacking a positive identity for men." Which is one of the 2 central topics of TRP. Fucking that dudes wife contributes to the decline and lack of a positive identity for men, and that is important to many of the subscribers here.
All OP is saying is that you should just admit what you are doing is immoral. You are immoral, so what? If that hurts you to admit to yourself maybe you need to examine your life a bit closer and stop fucking other dudes wives. Just a thought.
fromthebottom 10y ago
Fuck someone else if you're that alpha.
This is actually beautiful, because a lot of men seem to think banging a taken girl = bragging rights.. Turning her down and getting it elsewhere is much more admirable.
DannyDemotta 10y ago
Why don't you go do Leg Extensions instead of Deadlifts, if you're such a gym warrior? Why not go conquer the world of Libraries, instead of Finance, if you're such a brilliant mind?
WTF kind of rationale is that, exactly?
IMO, hitting a woman is about the only thing that's off limits. Fucking between consenting adults - especially one grown-up enough to become married in the first place - is never out of the question.
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sunwukong155 10y ago
Calm down.
Fucking someone's wife is immoral. It has nothing to do with "sexual strategy" which is amoral.
That's all that's being said.
Movonnow 10y ago
Real quick.
When the fuck are you going to understand that there is NO contract between a man and a woman in a relationship?
To be a contract imply that both parties are willing to respect it. However, what does a woman in a relationship do?
she spins plates, lines up other men "just in case". Those are orbiters or potential beta bucks who may lead to branch swinging. They also are more alpha guys that she will fuck
hypergamy makes her looking for a new partner whatever she may say or think
There is no fucking contract. While you are here, not flirting with other women, she is out there partying, drinking, flirting, kissing or even sucking cock "for fuuun". You are the only one respecting a "contract" that she doesn't even understand. It's like "I love you". When you say it to her, she replies "yes, me too", because she wants to please you but she doesn't really understand it.
Women does not take relationship seriously because they know at any time they can go out and find someone else (in most cases better than you). In fact, she has, at any given moment, multiple orbiters that promises her the world. This is just a game for her, nothing serious (except if you are her beta buck and she is a 40 years old fat ugly chick that will get no one else).
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Of course there is no such "contract". It was an analogy, because a marriage contracts means fuck all nothing in our days. There is merely a vain and engagement not to fuck other people, at least in the eyes of the man.
I didn't even imply that most of them were not cheating and lying whores. Don't get me wrong. The point I am trying to make is that they're gonna cheat anyway if they want to and she's the one being "engaged".
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sunwukong155 10y ago
Back in the day they would both be stoned.
Alegretron 10y ago
Who gives a fuck... Are you a time traveler?
Glenbert 10y ago
This made me chuckle, but you've missed the point. We are all time travelers in a sense. TRP has taught me that humans have not changed much in the last 50,000 years. Lots of those old rules existed to deal with the reality of being human. A lot of those old rules are likely to exist again.
Alegretron 10y ago
Sure we're biologicaly the same... The same imperative to spead your seed is the same as any fairy tale pedler twat from the bronze age... Doesn't mean we need to copy the same dipshit retribution such as throwing rocks at adulterers. I prefer living in a civilized society where we simply mock men for being pathetic cuckolds and shame wives for being tramps.
Glenbert 10y ago
Unfortunately, our individual preferences aren't relevant to any of this.
Cyralea 10y ago
It's amusing that you use charges of hamstering to guise your own white-knighting.
You don't owe it to anyone to keep their relationship intact. You automatically assume the man was the instigator in forcing infidelity. That's the type of blue-pill indoctrination that leads to white-knighting. Does a woman have no agency in maintaining her fidelity? Is she not the one who made the agreement to be monogamous?
Unless he is someone close to me I don't owe other men anything. Stop feeding into the self-sacrificial male martyr nonsense.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Exactly right.
The reason why OP and many comments have gone done this road is because white knighting = moral high ground.
Let's face it, feeling better than someone else feels damn good. And moral superiority is an easy way to accomplish that because it's not an empirical measure; it's not money, height, benchpress, etc, which can all be measured clearly.
With morality, all you must do is pontificate with a 2,000 word post with name-calling and if you come off as passionate, people believe you and give you credit ("hey, this guy is serious...must be onto something!") because ultimately, it comes done to SUBJECTIVE opinion and personal choice.
That's why "purpose" is so tempting to men; men naturally crave purpose in their lives. And defending "honor" in the abstract gives men purpose. And defending another man's woman is now fashionable.
That is why OP is so confused; he can't fathom his life without purpose. He railed against "free love" with no motivations because he still imbues purpose into his relationships with women.
But all that bullshit leads to projecting desires that women "should act a certain way", whereas true detachment is recognizing what women do, accepting it, and then dealing with it.
According to OP, no she doesn't. He explicitly said in a response to me that the 3rd man is responsible because "what she is doing is wrong, so you're enabling her. Thus, you are just as guilty". Fucked up.
TheLameloid 10y ago
Instigator ≠ accomplice. I see here all the time that if a woman wants to cheat on his partner, she doesn't care who she uses to do it (as long as he meets her standards). Don't put words in my mouth.
I never said that you should take the proverbial bullet for fucking someone's wife. She still is as guilty as she can be.
Cyralea 10y ago
Accomplice to what? That word is typically reserved for crimes. There is no crime being committed here. Accomplice to cheating? How can you be an accomplice to cheating if the arrangement was strictly between two people? Would you consider a family lawyer an accomplice to divorce?
She is the only one guilty. She entered a monogamous pact, she is the one willfully breaking it.
useyourmouth 10y ago
Traditionally, marriage was not simply an arrangement "strictly between two people," but rather was considered a public act, where two people are held out to the community at large as married (in an exclusive union for the purpose of procreation and mutual support or love) and the community/society/government/etc. in return recognized them as such. For instance, a man and a woman could not just perform the marriage ceremony by themselves in private, they needed a third party--typically a priest or some other leader--and usually at least one third-party witness was required. This is because society, at least until recently, recognized that the institution of marriage and the marital family were beneficial to society at large, not just the husband and wife.
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Alegretron 10y ago
That bronze age bullshit has nothing to do with taking the red pill. Quite the opposite.
Ralt 10y ago
Ugh, downvoted for speaking the truth. I see the broknights and traditionalists seem to have stopped posting and instead just silently downvote to avoid getting banned.
Cyralea 10y ago
We're also likely being brigaded. BluePillers seem to have an affinity for our highest voted posts, they tend to hop in once in a while and mass downvote.
Ah well.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Read my comments at the bottom of this post. I directly bring this up and it's completely ignored.
Cyralea 10y ago
My top level posts are being similarly downvoted. Not sure if it's because of fledgling TRP'ers or a BP brigade.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
A bit of both but unfortunately I'd say more of the former. The sub is now close to 100k and I think the effects of BP brigades should be minimal compared to the sheer numbers here (although even the most consensus posts here are only 85% approval)
Goupidan 10y ago
If you're encouraging someone to cheat, then aren't you an accomplice?
Honest question here.
Cyralea 10y ago
Your wording suggests that it was by your actions that she chose to cheat. You aren't encouraging her. She has agency. She's made a decision to cheat, you're simply the man she chose to do so with.
Goupidan 10y ago
Makes sense.
The ideal scenario would be not knowing whether she's in a relationship: plausible deniability.
What if you knew she was in a relationship and actually verbatim encouraged her to cheat? Would it then be that my actions encouraged her to think?
I think the line is rather thin, just interested in getting some input from others, such as you.
Cyralea 10y ago
I draw the line at encouraging women who are otherwise reluctant. It is possible to coerce someone into doing something they otherwise wouldn't.
The reality is that in most cases where women cheat it's by their own volition. They need that plausible deniability, as you say, and women are masters of playing the victim card when it suits them.
Goupidan 10y ago
I think the line you draw is a good one.
By plausible deniability, I meant for us, because we would have the "I didn't know" defense. I'm not sure what you mean by plausible deniability the way you described it for this case.
Cyralea 10y ago
Plausible deniability in that she can claim that you tempted/coerced her into doing something she wouldn't. Women are excellent social manipulators for the most part, and men naturally gravitate towards a protector role. The combination of which working very well in a cheating woman's favour, even when she does so entirely of her own volition.
sunwukong155 10y ago
I just want to direct everyone's attention to the side bar.
Notice the second part? in a culture increasingly lacking a positive identity for men.
OP is spot on if you ask me.
semondemon24 10y ago
With great power comes great responsibility.
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TRP is about determining the objectively best sexual strategy (objective being sex). However you define right and wrong will not change that strategy.
Therefore, the strategy itself is amoral even if committing the use of the strategy is immoral (by whatever definition of good and evil).
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Is fucking married women an objectively efficient sexual strategy? Much more efficient to fuck bar/club sluts. I have argued it is not an efficient strategy (needless destruction, high chance of revenge from her allies/kids etc.)
Got it in one.
Cyralea 10y ago
There is the argument that you are competing with only one man, rather than many, as is the case with single women.
ScumbagBillionaire 10y ago
Why do you speak as if they're mutually exclusive?
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My experience is that married girls are easier and better in bed, while bar sluts are better looking. Naturally, I prefer the sluts.
To be perfectly honest I think that sort of drama is exciting. I don't want to get shot, but its exhilarating to jump out of a window in your underwear and hide in a dumpster two blocks down the back alley. Then, after your pursuer passes by, you backtrack and hop a fence only to be met by a territorial dog and.
But I also thought being homeless was a blast.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Ah, a thrill seeker. Makes sense. Many dark triad men love drama (fyi: not saying you are one, it's something I have noticed though.)
deville05 10y ago
On one hand you say morality is personal and yet judge the guys who do certain things because that doesnt fit into your moral compass. You say you wont fuck a wife (what about the children!) but are down to fuck up a relationship if there are no fucking kids involved as if you hamstering to your moral code is not evident. Why is this ok n not that?! No one who says sexual strategy is amoral is actually an amoral person. Everyone has a moral code. It may be broad or narrow and may or may not align with yours. Even as I write this I know that I wont do certain thing.. I wont even fuck someone's girlfriend knowingly even if i dont know the guy. But i also understand that its just MY PERSONAL world view and irs not absolute. I dont care if it makes sense to anybody else and I dont care if the whole world doesnt live by it. I do. But i wont shove it down your throat and expect you to follow a code that isnt yours.
In the end your long post is basically.. "actions have consequences". You dont like the consequences of certain actions and hamster by putting a moral spin on it. And when there are no consequences to YOU, you condone it
semondemon24 10y ago
I think your writing is making the world a better place. These cunts in TRP want to watch the world burn because they want to get their dicks wet in all the wrong cunts. You are doing the wrong thing if you are ruining a family. At the very least, don't lie to yourself about what you are doing, you hamstering faggots.
DRMMR76 10y ago
Thank you /u/IllimitableMan for posting this. This is a great counterpoint to some of the nonsense that has been tossed about here.
Perhaps sexual strategy itself is amoral. Perhaps TRP is supposed to be. But it's not. We've had numerous stories about non-sexual based topics since I've been on here. We're currently going through the "48 Law of Power", which is almost entirely non-sexual. So the argument that no other types of topics belong on TRP because we're only her to talk about amoral sexual strategy is bullshit.
You bring up some fantastic points. Man has the capacity to either be rational and productive, or irrational and destructive. Those of you who glibly talk about taking another man's wife or girlfriend, should keep in mind that there are no contradictions in life or reality, which are the same. If you encounter a contradiction, check your premises. One of them is wrong. What if someone were to kill your family, or rape(real rape, not regret "rape") a relative, would you feel anything at all? Would you have an emotional reaction? Why? Something inside you would say that it as wrong. For whatever reason you choose, the human animal has developed something we call an conscience. Man is a moral animal. We have the capacity to have values.
In women, we call the ability to "rationalize" two disparate realities as hamstering. Hamstering at its core is the ability to convince oneself of a contradiction. We see it every day from women. Something she believes is right for her to do but wrong for anyone else. A contradiction of values. We rightly decry this as destructive and while we seek ways to use it to our advantage, we never say that it is "right" or rational. Reality is. A is A. And one can chose to ignore reality, but one can never choose to ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
But that is exactly what these men are doing, these men who spout nihilism, choose to act without honor, values, ethics, or respect. Again, what if someone drove to your house and murdered a member of your family? Would it be wrong? If yes, than it is also wrong if you were to do it. Making a conscious choice to do preemptive harm or destruction to another is wrong Now what if someone drove the murderer to your house, knowing that he was going to kill someone in your family? Would you hold the driver entirely blameless? If not, we can conclude that making the conscious choice to enable someone else to preemptively cause harm or destruction to another is also wrong. And if it's wrong on one level, it's wrong on all levels. If it's wrong for one persons, it's wrong for all. Contradictions do not exist. Exceptions to rules disprove the rules.
Ideas themselves may be amoral, but your own actions are not. They can never be. Even something as simple as choosing to eat a Twinkie over broccoli is in some way more. Moral is that which is constructive. Immoral is that which is destructive. We talk all the time about building yourself up, increasing value, being productive, living your own life in a positive way. Is that not morality itself? Making a conscious choice to be constructive. And the inverse would be anything that destroys. If your choices are consciously harming yourself, or another, they are immoral. The concept of honor was created by man to promote moral acts of construction and decry immoral acts of destruction.
Women are not entitled to the reality of their choosing. We all know this. Well, neither are men. If something is wrong if it is done to you, it is wrong when you do it to someone else. You are not entitled to your own special reality where everything you do is OK because you just call it "amoral" but wrong if others do it to you. And if you're going to take that route, you must be consistent. If your actions are amoral to you, the actions of others in response to you must also me amoral. If you sleep with another man's wife and say it's OK, you must be willing to admit that if he does it with your wife it's also OK. And as another poster said, if he chooses to blow you away with a shotgun, that must also not be amoral to you. You are not entitled to contradictions.
And IM was right on another point. Theory can always be amoral. But your actions can never be. If we hold that which is constructive to yourself or others as moral, and that which is destructive to yourself or others as immoral, than every action you take will be one or the other. Consciously choosing to employ an amoral theory in a destructive way is immoral, whether you want it to be or not. Again, you're not entitled to a special reality just for you where you can hamster away all of your own actions as fine for you, but then apply a different standard to others. Everything you choose to do to others you must accept them doing to you, or whatever reaction they have to what you have done. You live in a world with other people who have just as much right to their lives, property, relationships, and happiness as you do. If you act destructively, you will and should reap destruction and you have no right to complain when and if it happens.
DannyDemotta 10y ago
In what universe does a mutual, two-adult-consent sexual encounter have the moral equivalent to one person violently murdering another person?
By reading your post, I swear, it sounds like you'd be perfectly OK with infidelity being punishable by fines and prison sentences.
You also make the assumption here that 1) all things are either 100% moral, or 100% immoral, and to that end, 2) spousal infidelity is always only 'destructive'.
Maybe that one sexual encounter with a strange dick leads that woman to leave her husband BEFORE getting pregnant, BEFORE demanding her husband buy a new house, etc? What if it leads to the realization that she is truly unhappy in her marriage, and it's time to end it? How is that not a net positive? And yet, your entire post discounts the entire possibility with your blanket labeling of infidelity as "destructive", with no grey areas or room for argument.
In short.....this is just an elaborate form of bro-knighting that you and your ilk are doing, with all your smug intellectualism layered on top of it, and it's kind of disgusting. As I said in another post, to some people, infidelity is 10/10 immoral. To others, it's 5/10, and to me, it's about a 7/10.
It's almost as if you're taking the stance that, if a woman is single, then nothing is off limits. Not even if she has a mental disorder, has one leg, has cancer--then no treatment, no amount of dread game, no amount of plate-spinning is off limits. I find that much more repugnant than agreeing to a sexual encounter with another consenting adult REGARDLESS of their marital status.
Along those same lines - would you care to tell me any other woman that are off limits to me, morally? I'd love to see that shit, if you could muster up the courage to do it.
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pstar1000 10y ago
Um, both of your arguments are a bit circular. You say that we should be moral. Well duh, because good things should always happen (especially to good people right?). Oh and by the way nice guys should get pussy right?? But back in the real world there is hunger, there is sickness, there is murder, there is loosing your job, your gf and it happens to you regardless of good your actions are.
You can not argue for morals, and goodness, and constructive behavior from an objective basis. It is simply that you selfishly feel good when you feel like you're making positive contributions. It is subjective.
Matsew 10y ago
good points, just a little addendum. if you are a dominant person with high value, it's perfectly normal and healthy to be inconsistent with morals benefiting you because you can get away with it. that's being selfish in essence. after how much inconvenience you cause to someone else do you stop doing something that benefits you? if they are a weak fuck, apparently the right thing to do was completely disregard them as humans' current behavior demonstrates.
DRMMR76 10y ago
You would do well to read Atlas Shrugged. It may help refine your understanding of selfish morality.
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I forget who it was, but one of the authors of one of those recent controversial posts implied that morality and having a conscience is the result of men being feminized. That bullshit is getting really old. I unsubscribed from this sub when I read that, and then subscribed again when I saw this upvoted. Thank you for posting this.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
What unenlightened trite. Women certainly didn't invent morality did they? Anything but. Morality, like greater philosophy and law itself are actualisations of abstract male thinking allowed to flourish organically via patriarchy. In female dominated societies like the one we have now, morality falls to the wayside, and the law becomes increasingly corrupt. Whoever thinks these things are the product of femininity is completely retarded. The feminine lacks the spirit of mind to produce such cultural marvels, bar the odd exception every 100 years or so such as Ayn Rand.
PedroIsWatching 10y ago
I decided to take a break when people were defending the point GLO made on how getting a girl to cheat with you, getting her pregnant, and getting her beta schlub to raise the kid was the "get a lot of alpha points" thing to do. It was completely psychotic, and I took it as a jump-the-shark moment. Thanks for posting this.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
I don't necessarily always agree with the ethics and perspectives of other endorsed contributors or posters. I don't read GLO's posts anymore, I realised his shit was mostly theatrical a long time ago and lost interest. I am not his target audience. That's just my opinion about the intellectual content of his contributions, it doesn't mean I harbour personal ill feelings. In spite of that, I don't shit on his or any other EC's posts. We don't need to be a merry band of fools to be a fucking community. Take what serves you, discard what doesn't and all that shit. Obviously people take some kind of value from people like GLO because his threads are normally upvoted massively. If those people provide value, even if it is different from mine, and it helps people, then it belongs here.
I do not value conformity and sameness as much as I do reasoned discussion. I believe differing perspectives can co-exist within an intellectual vacuum, eg: I do not agree with you, but I understand your point, therefore I do not feel compelled to emotionally attack you. If you can show me the same courtesy, we can co-exist. If you cannot, I will be forced to plot your downfall. I'm a pretty rational Machiavellian. I often allow people the first move (to go as white in Chess, and attack me - thus tipping their hand) but rarely is such an attack an ambush; I am aware of how different personalities feel about me and other such political bullshit. People don't really surprise me.
This place is far less of a circlejerking echo chamber than our detractors would like to think. I doubt everyone likes me either. I'm pretty sure I have pissed off other ECs (like /u/trpsubmitter is pissed in this thread.) It's a good thing I couldn't give a fuck how they feel or what they think. I like to stimulate a higher level of discussion, I will step on fingers and toes to do that. The concept of "they provide value, therefore, I tolerate their existence" also works in reverse. I provide value, so they have to tolerate me even if they don't like what I say or how I approach things. If "what I say is just my opinion" and "everything is amoral" then that works in reverse. It is easy to infinitely stalemate people - thus preserving the peace and causing them to leave you alone out of exasperation. In that way, you can use people's self-interest against them. "I gain nothing from this, therefore I quit."
The great thing about respect is you don't have to like someone to respect someone, you only have to appreciate them. If you are rational, you can appreciate things you don't like as an abstraction. I appreciate many things I don't like because I have a nuanced view of utilitarianism. EG: Glo's posts are comical/ironic and obviously TRPSubmitter has a lot of experience with night game. Do I want to adopt either of their personalities or approaches to life? No. Do I think there is a certain modicum of value to what they say? Definitely. Dumb people are more black and white than I. I'm sure many people have a favourite EC based on their approach/style. Diversity is good intellectually speaking.
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prodigyx 10y ago
GLO's posts are quite obvious satire/fiction. They are well constructed and entertaining. If you are taking them seriously, I'm very worried for you.
PedroIsWatching 10y ago
Read the post again. I wasn't worried about what GLO wrote, I was worried because everyone else took it seriously enough to defend it from criticism.
Quillz 10y ago
Thanks for posting this. There has been some real bullshit posted lately, and I feel like this is a good counter to all that garbage.
smokingmonkey420 10y ago
I'm just going to leave this here as I find it relevant to the discussion.
"When the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, because a dance with the devil might last you forever."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-1ZaMe72ZU
RPModulator 10y ago
This seems somewhat inconsistent. Either it is immoral, in which case "guilt trip"ping is appropriate, or it is moral, in which case, it should affirmatively be done. I guess a third option is that it is amoral, in which case there is no morality-based criterion upon which to decide whether to bed a married woman or not, and another criteria should be used to determine whether to proceed. If you mean to communicate an additional moral classification, please clarify . . .
IllimitableMan 10y ago
I will condense it: be comfortable with your immorality if you opt to be immoral. Do not lie to yourself, or others that your immorality is in actual fact, amoral. All morality and immorality can be justified as amoral with enough deconstruction and spin. Science has no emotions and is mathematical so it's the perfect scapegoat for amoral arguments. Moralists can use science for morality and call it amoral, anarchists can use science for immorality and call it amoral. Ultimately, science is just a tool and like life gives no fucks about how you feel.
It is better to be honest with yourself than it is to rely on the rationalisation hamster. Never rely on the hamster. You see, as fucked up as I may be, I am infinitely more respectable than a guy who does the same shit I do, but then tells you it's not immoral. When you do that, bullshit detectors go off and you lose credibility. Own your own immorality and you will be respected more than the immoral who feel enough shame to lie about the nature of their immorality by calling it amoral. Ally yourself with the truth, or it will be weaponised against you.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Your entire argument is based on the premise that sleeping with a woman who is attached IS automatically immoral.
Basically, your argument is IF X is immoral and you do X, then you're immoral.
Well duh. Doing immoral things means you're immoral. But you haven't proven your premise that X = immoral. You're assuming what you wish to prove.
I haven't seen a single good argument that doing something with a consenting woman is immoral just because another man didn't like it. And that's all cuckolding is; man A woman A want to have sex and do it. Man B doesn't like it so now it's immoral destruction? Nah dude.
Reuctio ad absurdum: you taking a girl home who another random guy was hitting on or taking out on the 3rd date would ALSO be immoral then. He had reasonable expectations based on prior actions of the woman. He was there before you. He had put in more work than you. So is that immoral?
No, because all it comes down to is a male's entitlement that he should have exclusive sexual access to a woman. There is no entitlement.
The ONLY thing that should determine who a woman has sex with is the woman herself. Thus, even a husband doesn't have more sexual privilege to his wife than any other man. The fact is the wife won't cheat because she loves her husband and chooses not to.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Completely disagree. Women are too easily influenced. I'll tell you something mate: you could have high smv/looks/wealth and get into an LTR. Then leave your girl alone with me, maybe you have to go to work. I can get her to cheat on you, EASILY. SHE STILL WOULDN'T BE LOYAL. That's not even your fault, that's the flaw in her nature, and that's ultimately why your "let's place no restrictions on female sexuality" attitude is naive, and to me, detestable hippie shit used to justify your own reluctance to take responsibility for who and what you put your cock in. Morality has it's place, and it's because women cannot be trusted to behave and do what is best for both them and their family that many of society's moral codes exist to begin with.
Your "free sex" or free love attitude (or whatever you want to call it) if adopted en mass would set us back to the stone age. You have not fully understood OP, you have picked at specific elements you find disagreeable and are polarising. As for women, they get caught in the moment, addicted to the tingles, and follow it through all the way to the end regardless of who their man is. It is just convenient for you to place no blame to yourself, attribute minimal blame to the woman and maximum blame to the other man. This is why your "it's always her man's fault" ethos is completely flawed, and is just a convenient way for you to rationalise doing whatever you want. The main post wasn't aimed at you, this comment certainly is though. You want my attention? You've got it.
prodigyx 10y ago
This is where the morality comes into play for me personally. When something is not sustainable, it is an indication to me that it may be immoral, or at the very least deserves further consideration.
Is it immoral to burn your garbage? I don't know, but if everyone did it we would be living in a shitty world.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Yes, this is the thing: society can and does support a minor population of dark triads/psychopaths. But when we're in a decline, what happens is the psychopath population exceeds it's naturally sustainable quota and what we get is a normalisation of immorality and psychopathy, the two begin to blur. Psychopaths become more overt with their psychopathy, they hide it less. This "overflow of psychopathy," speeds up the decline and creates more borderlines in turn.
Psychopaths tend to view non-psychopaths as social prey, they are inter-species predators, whilst they see themselves as the superior hunters. However some of the "prey" will become borderline and internalise the traits of their predators to an extent where they are able to effectively fend off against predators. When most prey is defenceless, but some can really make the hunter struggle for victory, the hunter's cost-benefit will usually cause them to quit and seek an easier victory. This is not always the case (depends on the sadistic component and how much kick they get out of "the chase") but by and large, this is an accurate generalisation. Imagine a ridiculously large stag with huge antelopes fighting against a lion for a metaphorical comparison of a socialised borderline defending against a natural psychopath.
At some point somewhere somebody needs to realise the pattern in the civilizational decline and take the necessary actions to halt, slow down or otherwise avert it so that their civilization may stand the test of time. If you can avert the decline, your society can hold onto power indefinitely, assuming it keeps up technologically with the other powers. I do believe such a thing can be achieved, although I do not believe our civilization will be the first one to achieve it. If we are lucky, our successors may. As of yet, the Romans came the closest.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
If you are higher SMV, then I agree 100%. If I left a girl with Brad Pitt and he wanted to get sex at that moment, I wouldn't be surprised either. I already know that women respond to higher and higher SMV (you're preaching to the choir).
In fact, I found out a girl of mine has had a long-term bf that she didn't tell me about. I wasn't surprised at all and laughed it off. I'm still seeing her next week and didn't threaten the guy and call him a bullshit hippie over the internet.
Again, you keep operating in this system where blame must be assigned and morality must be assigned when it comes to sex. If you believe morality has a place in the Sexual marketplace, then I accept that and we'll agree to disagree...
For me: there is blame and morality to go around in other parts of life (again, I made this disclaimer in my OP). But not when it comes to sex.
Whether a girl cheats on me or not, I don't blame her. I know anyone is capable of cheating at any moment. And girls don't cheat for no reason. They have their reasons. And guys who happen to get sex from your own gf have their reasons too.
What I do is try to understand those reasons instead of accusing them of hippie bullshit and immorality. Because it won't change the fact that we're ALL susceptible to it. Everyone one of us.
Well considering I was the only one who made posts on the subject (GLO is facetious 99% of the time anyway), I interpreted it as being partially based on my posts. Wasn't trying to come in with a "this is about me?" attitude.
Yeah, intimidation/powertalk isn't needed, dude. I just took issue with the coarse, excluding, and condescending language in your OP above.
I myself made accommodations for those who disagreed with me on this issue. In my OP TLDR, I said it doesn't make you bad if you don't like it. Perfectly understandable. Didn't call people detestable or bullshit hippie betas (but hey, whatever dude).
So I'm pretty confused about the accusations of sadism, weak egos, hippism, immorality, etc. and all the vitriol this issue has precipitated.
To me, this is nothing more than one party does something the other party simply doesn't agree with.
Kill_Your_Ego 10y ago
The thing is guy that I can game you wife and have my SMV raised like crazy in the short term purely through game. So you leave me alone with your wife, in a world where the only real consequences of you maybe maybe finding out is that you get divorce raped and your children suffer and nothing bad happens to me, why should I not game her?
You think your SMV stays high when you are gone working and your wife is bored for fifteen seconds and I'm there to game her? When the only real possible consequences of her letting me fuck her are that she gets to divorce rape you?
Sure your children growing up in a broken family means that society is worse for my kids. And hell maybe one of your kids is really mine. So that kids life is worse. But I was never invested into that kid anyway. You are.
This whole discussion is just stupid. Society currently does not have any actual checks in place to keep me or any other man from fucking your wife. No. But there are checks in place to keep your from doing anything about it. The only restrictions on anyone are restrictions on you for even acknowledging that you are a cuckold.
That's it. Things will change over time I'm sure. We are already seeing it with MGTOW and spinning plates. We know there is no reason to commit to women without a patriarchy to do what it can to keep their hypergamy in check. So you never commit.
The real problem is that children are suffering because there is no patriarchy to keep hypergamy in check. And these children grow up and create new culture. Their lives are worse due to feminism and unchecked hypergamy.
You all can argue about morality all you want. I don't care what you think should or should not be moral. Our society currently believes that female hypergamy should be as unchecked as possible. Now that I know this I will continue to take advantage of it.
Does it make me the most happy? Does this maximize utility for society? Of course not. But with my current options in my current culture I see no reason to ever commit to any woman ever and very few reasons to not game you wife.
Modified_Hackware 10y ago
Morals are tenets of an evolutionary stable strategy of individuals within an ecosystem.
Our moral values are nothing more than a ball and chain when living in and around millions of other people. We grew from tribes that could be supported by the immediate territory.
I protect and serve my trusted council and their immediate ties. That's as far as morality had in mind for our species. Extrapolating from here it's easy to say something like:
No. But I will fuck a stranger's wife is she comes onto me or is giving heavy IOIs. I owe no allegiance to a stranger and frankly if the family is torn apart by her actions then that's another nail in the coffin for the feminine imperative and we can actually try to reconcile the red pill reality of society today with the blue pill dream that once was.
prodigyx 10y ago
I agree with this ^ completely. So how do you go from that, to this:
If everyone went around fucking every stranger's wife that gave them IOIs, then society would collapse. In other words, it is not a stable strategy, making it immoral.
BlackHeart89 10y ago
OP's point is that contributing to infidelity is contributing to the downpour of society. And THAT is immoral.
Just like OP said, you would call murder immoral, despite not having an allegiance to the victim. So why not the same reasoning for fucking another man's wife? The male hamster.
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trpMilo 10y ago
No. What is meant by "Sexual strategy is amoral" is that sexual strategy is largely zero-sum. You take someone else's girl? His loss, your gain, but at the end of the day there's still only one man with one girl. Another way to think about this is that sex partners are positional goods, that is the value of a sex partner is determined by a rankable social hierarchy. If you drop out, everyone else moved up a spot. If you improve yourself, everyone you've passed moves down a spot. If every man improved themselves, no one is better off.
This is not true for most things in life. Producing food is not zero sum: if everyone produces for food, everyone eats better. Working hard at your job gives you money and provides others with things they need.
Producing or not producing food can be viewed as moral/immoral. But sexual strategy...that's amoral.
BlackHeart89 10y ago
Sexual "strategy" is amoral.
Its how you choose to use it, thats moral/immoral.
bobbatosakosanose 10y ago
Morality is a male trait the way I see it. After all it was us men who created the whole subject of philosophy. Women want us to go back to the neolithic. I personally wont follow. They can follow their Gina tingles. I prefer rationality.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
I agree. You have my support with that stance. Civilization is a male abstraction actualised.
ex_astris_sci 10y ago
I don't know if that's true. Evolutionarily speaking, moral behaviour is a human tendency, a capacity that evolved in both males and females, as seen in other non-human animals.
In view of our current situation, men have been shown to have lower moral standards in some circumstances; also women's tendency to yield to group pressure is higher compared to men's, which contributes to them being good moral actors in most circumstances.
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vorenus-et-pullo 10y ago
The thing is, this is a sub about sexual strategy, not morality. We are here to learn how things work, and people who present themselves as "family wreckers" are also doing some things right.
Disagreements in morality is fine, but saying "it is not redpill" is wrong. TRP has no morality, it is just a collection of observations on sexual strategy. What those people are noting down IS sexual strategy, it does work, and therefore it is part of what TRP should be inspecting and explaining.
Trying to push these people out of the sub on the basis of moral disagreements is basically the equivalent of feminist censorship you'd get in the greater world against TRP, which is why bro-knighting is bad.
Cyralea 10y ago
Agreed. Alpha denotes a successful male, typically with regards to sexual strategy (though it often applies to other areas like financial success). A man that can fuck multiple married women is absolutely Alpha, even if you feel he is morally defunct. The same is true of pure Dark Triad CEO's. Dick Cheney is a great example. The man was arguably one of the most powerful men in the world, and immensely wealthy, despite being an immoral psychopath.
That he is an Alpha does not necessarily mean that he is a role model. Only that he is successful.
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As a Christian and a fan of Dalrock, I feel that this viewpoint only represents a section of red pill. I believe that there are objective morals, but red pill is and can be a part of those morals, and that the blue pill position is immoral.
That being said, one can be immoral while also being redpill, but the TRP philosophy is not immoral per se.
MyNewAccount9 10y ago
It wouldn't feel good to me to help damage some other schmuck's relationship.
Pretty simple.
I dont need a philosophical argument. It would feel fucked up and would make me unhappy.
TRP is about taking care of myself and others i care about. Why do something that would feel shitty, and that has no real benefit to anyone.
Who needs to fuck chicks who are taken? Pussy isn't that scarce, and I'm not that hungry. The whole point of TRP is you dont have to be pathetic.
Cyralea 10y ago
You can hopefully recognize how that code of ethics is personal. If someone else doesn't feel shitty about some schmuck losing his relationship, you can see how that might remove any limiter you might have for fucking his chick.
feldspath 10y ago
I think those people saying sexual strategy is amoral have a "watch the world burn while you still can" mentality. They don't realize or don't care that their actions are making society suck even more than it already does. Their only contribution to society is to create pain, destruction and sorrow in the lives of others. They justify it by saying that if they don't do it, the next guy will. Or they say that everybody does it. How is that a justification? Morality is doing the right thing even when everybody else is doing the opposite. I encourage you to use the knowledge you gain here to better yourself, but also society as a whole.
QQ_L2P 10y ago
Well then, I came here expecting another insightful post by the Illimitableman, but I didn't expect this.
If I have understood your post correctly, you're saying that even if you have not engaged in anything immoral by sleeping with a taken chick, you bear some responsibility to the consequences and therefore you shouldn't do it because it might hurt someone else? Married chicks with kids and serious LTRS are off the table because "think of the children" but those without children and whores aren't? What the hell man? How do you even decide something like that? There's a very clear line in the sand which you're conveniently ignoring. The line is "is this chick in a relationship". Flatly put, you did something wrong. You fucked another mans chick. Whether you want to spin it as your personal code of morality or she was a whore, it doesn't matter. You either fuck another mans chick or you don't. There are no "degrees of immorality", there is just "immorality". The self-flagellation that your "code of morality" makes it OK to do it to some chicks and not others, or "I don't want to hurt the kids" is utter bullshit. It has nothing to do with legal precedent or messing up the kids.
In all those instances where a taken woman cheated on her other half with you, why did she do it? Did she do it to intentionally hurt him? Then she is being sadistic. However, did she do it because of sexual attraction? That isn't being sadistic, it's following her "feelings". She isn't being immoral, she's following what she believes to be the best decision. The action then becomes "immoral", because another person got hurt, therefore the action could not be condoned, because if every Jane, Sally and Mary followed their "feelings", one of the cornerstones of society (marriage) would crumble and fall out.
The act of cheating in a relationship also doesn't stand up to comparison with "murder/theft". One is a one-way action, you don't "choose" to be murdered. Cheating on someone requires two people to consent to have sex. A better comparison may be two business partners cutting a third out of a major deal and walking away with the profits.
Nature is amoral. 'Gina tingles are amoral. Desire is amoral. What it comes down to as an individual is whether or not an action you take is worth the effort and the consequences. Risk/Reward. Cost/Benefit. That is what it comes down to. Is one person willing to live with the consequences of their actions. If you can, do whatever you feel comfortable doing. If not, don't fucking do it. We don't need 1,000 words of some guy who, with one hand, reminisces and justifies his actions to us while with the other, he condemns others for taking actions they are comfortable with because it doesn't fit with his own code of morality.
I don't know what you were trying to convey with this post, but holy shit, sleep it off man. One thing that Ted Mosby did get right was that nothing good happens after 2am.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Obviously this post is in response to my a couple of my latest posts and the latest controversy here with the Bro knight circlejerk. So I'll respond.
I'm a huge fan of you, IM. But all you're trying to do is play to the crowd here.
Really, dude? No one has said that ever. And obviously if someone did, they'd be full of shit obviously. All you're trying to do is label one side of the argument with false-flags, because obviously no one likes hypocrites and everyone will be galvanized against them.
So do I agree with your premise? 100% yes (I've even explicitly said morality is important, but just not in the sexual marketplace. I actually went out of my way to mention morality as important because I knew someone would try to twist my words into "TRPsubmitter = condones immorality!")
But your premise is faulty, because no one is saying "go around and ruin other people's lives on purpose because there is no such thing as morality!" (If someone is actively saying how amoral = immoral = okay, then I'd like to see where).
What sexual strategy is amoral means is that peoples' MOTIVATIONS in the sexual marketplace are not dependent on morality. It doesn't mean that morality doesn't exist or isn't important. It means morality lies outside the realm of sexual decisions whether we like it or not (that last part is very important).
That is why people cheat and lie in relationships. They know it's "wrong", but there's other motivations that override their morality. Those (those factors are hypergamy, AFBB, etc, you know them all). They don't cheat in order to actively hurt their bf/husband (in which case it would be immoral and "sadistic" as you put it). No. They cheat to satisfy an other, overriding force...their sexual motivation.
So what my original point is all of this was simply: While you may make a moral decision in your sexual behavior, don't expect women (or other man) to do the same. Because morality isn't what motivates/guides people when it comes to sex. Further, expecting people to be moral in the sexual marketplace and then finding out people aren't, inevitably leads to rage/hurt.
This is a terrible analogy. Murder and theft are non-consentable crimes. The very definition of theft and murder means the victim didn't consent to having their life/stuff stolen away. When you sleep with a married/engaged woman, that woman DECIDED to do it. You're relating a victimless (cheating) action with a victim (murder) action.
There are no victims in cheating; the only "victim" you can possibly have in that situation is the cuckolded guy. And even then, he's not a real victim...because no one has the "right" to fidelity/honest marriage. It's not an inherent right like physical safety you are taking away from someone.
It's a privilege that can be earned and lost and nothing more. But with all things nowadays, loss of privilege by a certain group always results in rage.
Again, your premise that cuckolding is the "same kind of immorality" as murder/theft, and the only reason people do it is because of "lack of legal sanction" is totally wrong.
In lying, there is a reasonable expectation and social contract that you don't lie to your friends/family. Because you know them. If you break that, that's immoral.
There is no such contract if I sleep with a random woman who has a wedding ring. First, she herself consented to the action. Second, you have no obligation to someone (the man) you've never met; that man doesn't get to imbue his moral expectations onto another man.
Again, anyone who says X is morally okay just because there's no law against it is retarded.
People are genuinely motivated to cheat for legitimate reasons (more alpha man, richer man, etc). Those reasons may be ugly, but they're real and evolutionary and primal. So recognizing that people want to cheat is also recognizing human nature. No one is going around saying people justify cuckolding just because there's no law.
Lastly this. This is perfectly fine and I've never said any different (if someone has actually labeled not wanting to cuckold as beta/bad/weak, then that's wrong obviously. And I gave another explicit disclaimer about this in my last post). That's what your comfortable with and that's great.
So where do you get off rationalizing another's position as "needless destruction partaken in only to satisfy sadistic-narcissistic urges"?
You see what I'm getting at here? This is what I'm talking about with the bro-coders and the high morality circlejerk in TRP. They can't let bygones be bygones and say "hey you want to sleep with a woman and she happens to be engaged...ok fine. I don't want to do that, but you can.".
Why does it always have to be some rationalized bullshit like "nihilistic tendencies to engage in destruction"? What does that even mean beyond pontification to sound good? I don't go around saying refusing to cuckold is beta...so where do you get off saying engaging in cuckolding is "immoral destruction"?
TL;DR If your premise is that people who cuckold are actively trying to hurt other people and ruin their lives and/or only do it because they derive some sick pleasure from it, then yeah your post is 100% true. However, that's not the case, at least for me.
For me, cuckolding is a unique type of sexual situation and nothing more. All that is required for a sexual act to not be immoral is to not violate consent or betray someone's trust in the process. And a random man who I don't know holds no trust to betray.
Goupidan 10y ago
Concerning the victimless part of cheating: what do you think of the argument that cheating is lying, and that lying decreases the "net trustworthiness" of society? Doing that would be destructive.
Thanks!
WarmApfelPi 10y ago
That's exactly what OP is. Right at the end IM mentions the irony of being a DT appealing to morality thought while still saying the same shit you have. People are just programmed to be way too invested in message delivery that they extrapolate the message from the delivery instead of the message itself. It's a power play and most people aren't seeing it.
killego 10y ago
I was surprised to see IM write this OP.. great response and thanks for re-articulating what I believe to be a fundamental part of TRP
MonkahBoy 10y ago
How about the kids involved? I mean, and that's if you think the husband's emotions are automatically irrelevant because he's not a part of your 'special bro club'-- I've witnessed lives ruined because of cheating, and to state that such actions wouldn't harm anyone are poor attempts of justifying immoral behavior.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
IM brought up the kids point. It has merit and I wouldn't ever get involved in that type of situation when I can pass it up for a less dramatic one easily.
But then again, IM's point isn't just "cuckolding is immoral only when there's kids involved", which I would definitely agree with.
His OP is referring to cuckolding as a whole as being immoral (even though he admits he's slept with an attached woman and then proudly claimed in bold text and all caps that he would do the same to me if I left my girlfriend with him alone...so I'm still confused just how "immoral" it is).
Phaint 10y ago
You should take up blogging. I really enjoy your perspective when you are baited into these long winded theoretical posts.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
I have a blog but it's only for field reports.
WarmApfelPi 10y ago
I think the two things you did wrong are bite the bait and let this get to you.
It's like shit, we don't even need women to invade, we have plugged-ins and power hungries.
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moodymela 10y ago
I think the error in how you're trying to define morality is that you assume no wrong doing if your motivations are simply not sadistic.
I want a piece of cake. In the room with me is a button that if I push it I receive a piece of cake however everybody in the world's pet gets run over. I push the button for delicious cake.
I didn't want everyone's pet to die. And I didn't know any of those people so I didn't owe them anything. I just wanted cake. I am morally spotless under your model.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Do you own a smartphone? Have you ever worn Nikes? Of course you do.
Guess who made that smartphone and Nikes. Guess what age those workers were.
I'm not the one going around desperately trying to establish a "moral center" in TRP. But since you are, how do you reconcile your smartphone/nikes made by children in a sweatshop? The fact that kids have gotten sick/died making that phone?
So what are you? Immoral or moral bro? You brought this up, so you better answer.
My answer: Neither. Amoral.
Because all actions in life are based on acquiring "resources" (sexual, physical, material) and thus those resources must be taken from someone else down the line, no matter how far down the line it is.
In your example, cake is taking life away from puppies. In the real world, the status you gain from wearing the latest Nikes had costs involving perpetuating poverty in a third world country and making kids sick. The convenience you gain from shopping at Wal-mart perpetuates non-living wages for poor people...
That's why I don't bring up morality here. If you do, then you have to reconcile the points I just brought up.
Further, since when did morally spotless become even considered?
No one is morally spotless. The only reason you even bring up that possibility is because some people in this sub are obsessed with maintaining some "morality" in TRP. As if that will assuage the hurt of swallowing TRP by maintaining a RP morality or something.
My point isn't to argue about moral positions, which is what you are interested. My point is: There ARE no morally superior positions insofar as there are no victims involved in the direct consenting parties
That's why citing kids/family is not a good reason to call cuckolding immoral. Because I can say "hey consider the poor business competitor who went out of business because of what you did!"
He also is a third "victim" here. So is that immoral too?
No, because it's "resources" that you took fairly from a business competitor. Likewise, cuckolding is simply temporarily taking a sexual resource away from a sexual competitor. Just because that business or sexual competitor doesn't like what you did and thinks it's wrong in his mind, doesn't mean it's immoral intrinsically.
moodymela 10y ago
First of all I do not own, nor have I ever owned, a smart phone are a pair of nikes. I live in a third world country. Obviously I understand you're point though and I recognize the same could be said for the computer I am using and the clothes I do wear.
I am simply going to address your bolded phrase since it seems to be the core of your argument.
"There ARE no morally superior positions insofar as there are no victims involved in the direct consenting parties"
Okay so again I disagree. Here's why. YOU as the end consumer are responsible for the conditions of those sweat shop children when you purchase your iphones and enjoy your high standard of living. We are all guilty of this. Just because we are all guilty doesn't mean suddenly we are all not guilty. Morality isn't a chemistry test being graded on a curve. If you wanted to be a truly moral human than go into the woods build a cabin and live off the land as that's the only option are society gives us to be morally just. Do I expect you, or me, or anyone to do this? Not really.
Here is my key point. Just because you are not directly involved in consciously and sadistically harming someone does not mean you are free from blame. Take responsibility for your life and your actions. Own up to the things that are wrong. I mean this seems like a pretty TRP concept. We all have choices and just because a choice may not be desirable or convenient does not mean that choice does not exist.
I-Am-Dickish 10y ago
Change to just cats and you are squeaky clean in my book.
BlackHeart89 10y ago
I hope he comes back to debate this with you. Assuming there are other options that are just as good or better, the answer would be yes. Its immoral. I won't debate you on since you're already engaging with others about it.
As long as he doesn't try to refute this, he can make a good argument.
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through_a_ways 10y ago
Just as people don't consent to being killed and stolen from, the betabucks didn't consent to having his wife fuck another guy.
You're right that personal relationships are not the realm of law, though.
But, if we want, we can find a way to transcribe the time/effort spent on a significant other into monetary value, and when we do that, we can begin to look at personal relationships in objective value terms. If you do that, you have a way to make it a legal matter, and cheating would be equivalent to a form of theft.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Yes, but people have the right not to be killed or be stolen from (right to life; right to possessions).
Betabucks doesn't have the right to exclusive access to his woman's sexuality. That is determined by the woman.
He has predisposed/easier access because he has a pre-established relationship with her, but he doesn't have exclusive access. Thus, while he may not like what you did, it doesn't mean he can label what you did as immoral.
The only legitimate issue I've seem people bring up is it's immoral by association. I've already addressed that in another comment reply to IM and challenged people to then reconcile other "guilt by association" situations.
In short, guilt by association becomes absurd because you can apply it to any situation. Then when the response is "but come on, you can't hold me responsible for all of that stuff!", then my response is EXACTLY right. You can't hold people responsible for the actions of others.
through_a_ways 10y ago
If he has a prenup with her, he actually does.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Legality ≠ morality. Further, pre-nups are civil agreements (which can be literally anything like don't eat a banana on Friday), not criminal statutes and have no bearing on what society believes is moral (criminal law).
And that's besides the point anyway. It's a bit disingenuous if you're trying to use a prenup as a reason why women must always be attracted to their husbands and no one else.
So what I mean is an implied "right" to everything about her relating to attraction and "sex" (physical attraction towards others, reciprocation, behavior). Husbands don't have the "right" to sit back and do nothing and expect attraction/sex back. Women and men earn each others' attraction. You don't demand it as a right.
We know that attraction cannot be negotiated. That's why I keep saying it's a privilege and not a right. Privileges are earned and can be lost, whereas rights are inherent and self-evident.
At any time, you can lose exclusive access to your gf/wife if you don't hold up your alpha side of the bargain. That's why breakups and divorces exist. Because husbands don't have the right to control that either (other than being a fucking awesome and attractive dude).
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Thanks dude. Yeah I'm a bit of an asshole but I do believe I educate with my assholery. I also love a good rant.
They don't need to say it. Everything runs along a slippery slope. When we abstractly determine that science/survival of the fittest gives no fucks about morality, and use that as a basis for doing what we want in the SMP, it opens up a pandoras box for doing all kinds of destructive and unnecessary shit. EG: fucking/fetishising married women.
Well I disagree when kids and families are involved, otherwise, sure. Also, rape: obviously, avoid that. Not trolling or being condescending, but again, someone could read too much into your statement, so I'm covering that base.
Refer to my paragraph 2 response. My premise can stand on it's own as a rebuttal to a hypothetical yet very plausible construct. Or basically, we don't need to wait to let such an attitude take hold in order to disdain it and talk shit about it. Prevention is worth a pound of cure and all that shit.
This is a terrible interpretation of my analogy. How can the woman be the victim when she consents to the crime? If we are going to go down analogy street, the woman is the accomplice to your murder, she's the insider in the bank helping you with your theft, because she is betraying her family. She is not a victim, you are quite right. The people her actions affect are the victims though: her husband/other half, her kids and possibly her family if they rely on her marriage for political reasons. You enable her bullshit by conspiring with her.
I agree.
That's why I draw the line with marriage. As I said, I have fucked women in LTRs. Marriage expressly stated a legal right to monogamy, although that has been reduced simply to a superficial implication through feminist legal vitiation.
You have no obligation to him because you don't know him, you are correct. But she does, and you are enabling her, so you are an accessory to her immorality, you are immoral through association. You diffuse responsibility because "you don't know them, it's not your fault" but you enable her anyway because you want to get yours. If your SMV is high enough there are plenty of other women out there, beautiful women, unmarried without such bullshit, yet you opt not to pass up her pussy specifically, even though you could without any harm to yourself. Why not "let someone else" do that, why be an accomplice to her bullshit? There is really no respect in that, it is an unnecessarily risky and destructive attitude. What is the cost-benefit of married pussy vs. unmarried pussy? There is none. Hence my point on sado-narcissism. It's the only logical reason I could deduce one would specifically seek out/enjoy/not pass up these women assuming they have other options sexually.
See previous paragraph.
I wanted to address this but I don't fully understand what you're getting at, so I can't.
That was part of my point, and I never thought that specifically for you. This post is a lot less personal then you have been led to believe. I tend to keep personal enquiries/disagreements private, eg: over PM.
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TRPsubmitter 10y ago
They don't need to say it, so you say it for them, eh?
Of course everything is a slippery slope, but that can be equally applied to any thought process.
I can take your position to the extreme (like other commenters here) and say that anyone who cuckolds should be shot with a shotgun (see the wannabe AMOG comments in here).
"You don't need to say it. Everything runs along a slippery slope! I know your view leads to vigilantism!"
Obviously, you wouldn't like me saying that you hold the view that someone should be murdered for having sex with a woman. So I won't ascribe that view to you.
But it's telling that your own response isn't neutral like mine; instead it's "They don't need to say it. I know they will say it eventually".
Not sure we have a full understanding here. I'm talking about murdering the woman. You can't consent to murder, because murder by definition is taking someone's life against their will (with their will is euthanasia not murder).
So it is a terrible analogy because the woman who chooses to cheat isn't a victim at all. There is no victim. There is a victim with murder.
Regarding, the family/kids aspect. Ok yeah I agree with that only insofar as hurting kids is wrong. I don't agree with your justification that you're at fault because you "enabled" behavior. I really hate the view that if you "enable" someone, you hold equal liability. It's not my job to make sure people don't give into their vices.
Okay, to be specific, all the married women I've slept with have had erectile dysfunction overbearing terrible husbands. In that sense, it's the husband's entitlement that he should have exclusive access to her sex without him fulfilling his duties as a man. In my book, she (like any person) wants to be sexually fulfilled and deserves to be so (just like any husband deserves sexual fulfillment).
So with these married women, I feel they're 100% justified in cheating because that is simply what women do when men don't fulfill their side of the bargain.
I know we have a "women cheat" circlejerk on TRP. But underneath that is the hard truth: women just respond to higher and higher SMV. We decry women as cheaters as if it's in their nature...but it's hypergamy as the cause which is driving cheating as an end result.
So I don't even view married people as cheating as totally wrong because it's a primal response to someone better coming along. And responding to higher SMV is supposed to be a hard RP truth, is it not? Just because we don't like that ugly truth doesn't mean we get to label it as immoral, right?
I see your entire response is based on this assumption. Indeed, if you agree with that premise, your reasoning is spot on. But I fail to see any good reason why "guilt through association" is relevant at all.
Let's take a consensus example: harboring your murderous friend is clearly being an accessory. So yes, being an accessory to something immoral (murder) is also immoral.
However, that doesn't apply here because murder is consensus and always wrong, whereas cheating/cuckolding isn't consensus wrong (aka there are situations in which cheating is the natural and understandable result of the circumstances; bad/dead marriage etc.), c) "guilt through association" is selectively applied here.
Here's what I mean by selective application:
Your friend is fat, so why don't you help him lose weight? You're enabling his behavior and I'm holding you responsible.
Your friend is addicted to gambling. You still go to his weekly poker night. He loses his paycheck to random dudes. You played games with him and enabled him. You are immoral.
You see how ridiculous that is? So if you want to talk about slippery slopes, like above. This is where it leads you. All these are guilt through association and are ridiculous, which is why I reject guilt by association as a whole.
The only exceptions are with the murder example, because in that case, there's a real "third" victim. With gambling, your friend made that decision himself to play. With cuckolding, the third victim is simply a dude who doesn't like what you did. So what you're enabling is a guy getting his feelings hurt, basically. To me, that's not sufficient to be called immoral by association.
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Dear Mr. IllimitableMan, I wanted to thank you for posting this because the current climate around here was kinda pathetic.
I'll let you in on a great secret in life maybe you already know, maybe not but,
when people are not in tune with the emotion of another, or when they lack empathy they always tend to take things personally. This is why TRPsubmitter went all defensive, its a mild loss of frame.
One time I got with a married woman and soon as she decided she like me, she was planning her divorce, I still felt bad about it... it was a break in my personal code, and that wasn't the only bad part about it, she had a kid and I felt bad about that and that if my role I was playing made it easier for her to leave. I think for her I was an excuse to get out of something that didn't work, that the contract was all but over and just a piece of paper at that point, but i never once lead her on, always being honest that it was just for sex that i wouldn't commit, she wanted me to commit. I told her i wouldn't, cut all ties and I assume she still got divorced. I doesn't bother me anymore as I learned from it, and guilt is essentially useless if you learn from something. I feel like guilt is for people who know they will repeat the problem, or who like to punish themselves. Mistakes happen, people get low they think they can't do better they are hurt inside and have moments of weakness.
The last thing men need when they are weak, is someone encouraging them to make mistakes and that's what trp had been doing with these posts about sexual strategy being amoral are basically telling the less intelligent less evolved people here that they should go fuck that married chick, just to get their dick wet. The ones who do it, who do have codes, who do have emotions... well no one here is going to help them deal emotionally with what they did when they realize they regret it will they? So encouraging men to act on weakness some how becomes redpill... I guess that is my point.
I would help but the current climate drives me away and I think quite honestly... If I had said something similar to what you just said in this post, That I 100% would have been banned. I think you got away with it because you have FAME. So thanks for speaking up!
I wish the mods would do something about the climate around here, again im just a nobody to trp, so maybe I better be quite unless i want to get banned. That is the way it feels anyway.
Love Ya, MaoA
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Indeed. I owe no such person my patience though. Patience is a privilege bestowed on those who demonstrate the respect due. It is this that makes them worthy of your patience, the caveat: children. I don't waste my time being reasonable with people who attack me viscerally, you cannot reason with emotion and it is futile to try.
There is little worse than one who has the capacity to do "evil" but no healthy and functional coping mechanism to forgive themselves after the fact. It's a waste of life and a brutally inefficient way to exist. All the best in your personal journey.
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wise words. Thank you and all the best in yours.
It is nice to know & much appreciated that you are out here putting out all this great content and that its there when I need it.
FLFTW16 10y ago
I will add one more thing to this conversation which I am thoroughly enjoying reading: some married men actually enjoy cuckolding and engage in the lifestyle with consent. If craigslist ads are any indication this lifestyle is exploding in popularity. So if a man particularly enjoys cuckolding there is more than enough opportunity to fuck married women who are married to men that consent to this sexual behavior.
Given that this option is available it seems really fucking pathetic and revealing a scarcity mentality to go after a woman that is cheating on her husband.
MagnanimousGenius 10y ago
There are "men" who enjoy cuckolding
But in this context, obviously if the man liked being cuckholded, he'd probably already know you were going to be fucking his wife
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
That's true but I guess it's not really relevant here.
We are talking about the husband not wanting to be cuckolded here.
So the question becomes:
I think most would say no.
Bottomline: A guy who is cuckolded is simply someone with HURT FEELINGS. There was no assault or stealing (stealing implies ownership; you don't own your wife).
So if your sense of morality is based on not hurting someone's feelings or not doing what they don't want you to do, then that's just people-pleasing.
So why all the fuss? Because I'm wise enough to know that for many guys, this is MORE than just hurt feelings. It's more than an insult or name-calling. Getting cheated on brings up bad feelz for guys here.
But for me, I've gotten cheated on before...and looking back, I was butthurt and nothing more. And butthurt doesn't give me the entitlement to "shoot him with a shotgun" or call what that man did as immoral.
DRMMR76 10y ago
Someone kidnaps your infant son and raises him as his own. The child never knows that he was born to another family and lives a full healthy life. No one was physically hurt in the process. Not you, not the child, and not the kidnapper. Your only "loss" is the loss of your relationship with another human being and the emotional duress.
Is the kidnapping immoral?
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Do you have an inherent legal right to raise your own child? Yes.
Does a child have an inherent right to be raised by his parents? Yes.
Do you have the right to control who your wife/gf has sex with, even if she chooses to have sex with another man? No.
Again I'm not telling you want to prefer/not prefer. I just mean what you have the right to. No one has the right to fidelity. It's an earned privilege, not a right.
You can control how attractive you are, thus eliminating her need to find sexual fulfillment elsewhere. You can also control your response if she does cheat; you can break up with her.
FLFTW16 10y ago
A husband definitely owns his wife. You sound like a feminist that "don't need no man, I'mma independent womyn!"
If you think ownership must be codified and set in stone, just go to a food court or restaurant and sit down in an empty chair at a table with a bunch of people already sitting there. "Um excuse me, this is our table, go find your own." Tell them they don't own the table and you are free to sit there. You are the weirdo, not them.
Husbands and wives own each other. To assert that this is not the case is to be arguing from the feminist/progressive/SJW frame of mind that is tearing society apart.
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FLFTW16 10y ago
Every time I re-check this thread the up and downvotes flip flop. So there is definitely a lot of debate about this issue. It also reveals the wholesale leftist shift that has occurred for the last 50 years. Like tectonic plates gradually shifting society has been going left for 3 successive generations to the point where "conservatives" of 2014 would have been considered "liberals" just 25 years ago. The feminist values (which amount to a celebration of degeneracy) have spread so successfully throughout society that even guys on TRP thoroughly submit and defend what once were considered "rad fem" ideas. Strange times....
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
No he doesn't. He has a pre-established relationship with her that makes it easier to get sex and to do what he wants. He only "owns" shit insofar as legal privileges and access to estate.
You don't own someone's actions/behavior. That's retarded and small-minded. You earn sex as a husband by being attractive every single day and the man she has tingles for. Or are you really saying that a woman should be attracted to her low SMV husband more than another high SMV guy?
Redpill tenant: You cannot negotiate attraction.
That goes with rational discussion and it also goes with marriage contracts. You cannot make your wife attracted to you just because you have a piece of paper ("see! It says here we're married!") or you went through a ceremony.
What your wife feels today is different than yesterday and you must always be the man she wants to fuck silly.
FLFTW16 10y ago
You avoided my food court example because you can't refute my point that not all ownership is codified in law, it is simply understood. A husband and wife own each other and even some amount of each others' actions. One way this actually is codified in law is that no one can be compelled to testify against their spouse. Marriage binds two people together in a way that makes them not entirely two individuals anymore. If someone is on life support after an auto accident their spouse can decide to let them die in the hospital bed by disconnecting the life support. This isn't murder.
There are other examples, like how parents are responsible for their children's shit behavior such as skipping school. In some places in the US parents can be charged or fined for their children skipping out. Call it accountability, ownership, responsibility. We are not individual atoms that are free and clear to float around and interact in any way we wish.
Traditional marriage equaled perpetual consent for the husband to take what was his, so the very concept of "marital rape" was a feminist invention in the 1960s. If you think a man has to earn his wife's lust every day you are thinking like a feminist. Do you think a wife need's to "earn" her husband's financial support every day as well? She has to somehow impress him to pay the mortgage every month? No. Because feminists have convinced you successfully that men have to continue to jump through hoops while women don't have to do the same.
The fact is--if you get married you own someone and someone owns you. The woman owns the man's resources and the husband owns the woman's sexuality/reproduction. That is traditional and in my view the correct understanding of marriage. If you think men need to earn it every day you might just be a closet feminist.
whatsazipper 10y ago
Traditional marriage no longer exists in the US. You're talking about a historical case.
TRPsubmitter 10y ago
Are you retarded? I'm arguing AGAINST that. Against husbands as literal owners of their wives. Stop assigning absurd views to me that I didn't say. You're the one arguing that husbands own their wives.
I don't believe in any ownership as it comes to human relationships.
whatsazipper 10y ago
Indeed. Women are not property. The 'old' notion of marriage has been thoroughly dismantled, mainly at the behest of women themselves!
I prefer the traditional version myself, but that doesn't mean it currently exists or is enforced by society (it isn't).
Cyralea 10y ago
I think if there's any area that's going to be a grey concept in TRP, it's the subject of morality. My opinion rather differs from yours, but I don't think less of you for it.
You're right about morality being a pillar that holds up society. At some point we agree certain actions are either acceptable or not. The problem is, this is subjective, and the adoption of each tenet isn't absolute. While the vast majority might agree that murder is morally wrong (in that nearly everyone can agree that it increases unhappiness), there are less obvious cases of morality. Is it morally wrong to deny children candy that they really want? Most would argue not, despite that making the child unhappy. Is it morally wrong to do the same to your girlfriend? You can see how this creates a not-so-distinct case of morality.
The notion that not fucking another's wife being moral to you is something I understand, while not conforming to it myself. At some point we make decisions about which decisions are preferable to favour the self over the other. Walking out on your girlfriend because she is giving you shit is something I think you'd agree is not immoral. It's a case where it's preferable to favour yourself rather than kowtow to some bitch's demands, despite what feminists would prefer. In the same vein, I believe that fucking a married woman is the same.
I'm not going around looking to break up families. But if I see a woman who is already got her feelers out and is straddling the line of fidelity, that's a case where she's made her decision and is just feeling guilty. She's going to fuck someone who's sufficiently alpha. As men, we're biologically programmed to be self-sacrificial for women, and I believe this is a case of self-martyrdom. We take the onus for breaking up a marriage, when in fact it was already broken and we simply were there to enjoy the benefits of it.
If you think I'm selfish for this I wouldn't entirely disagree, but I put it in the same category as instituting dread for my personal benefit.
Sheensta 10y ago
So what you're saying is that you are sacrificing yourself for the sake of a cheating woman? What about MGTOW?
Cyralea 10y ago
No, that's not at all what I'm saying. I'm saying that the urge to automatically assume the role of the protector is biologically ingrained, and that you need to recognize when it's misfiring (as it is in this case). White-knighting is predicated on this biological reality. White-knights stand up for the "honour" of a women, even when they're in the wrong, or otherwise castigate the man more harshly than the woman because of this instinct.
useyourmouth 10y ago
So if you leave your wallet sitting in the seat of your unlocked convertible in a shady parking lot and I take it, I won't take the onus for your loss. I can consider your wallet already stolen, I'm just going to be the one there to enjoy the benefits of it.
Cyralea 10y ago
How is that at all an applicable analogy? The wallet isn't stolen until someone takes it. You understand how theft works, right?
useyourmouth 10y ago
Just as the wallet isn't stolen until someone takes it, the man isn't cuckolded until someone accepts his wife's advances and/or seduces his wife.
A man can carelessly marry a hoe who eventually grows to resent him, and he can allow her to hang out in shady areas where alpha cocks prowl, but her fidelity isn't technically lost until someone consents to doing her.
Cyralea 10y ago
No, in my books a woman has cheated when she has decided to cheat. Just because she hasn't found a dick to ride on yet doesn't mean she won't.
A wallet won't steal itself if you don't take it, but a cheating women will cheat if you don't take her.
Ralt 10y ago
Which is why Law 38 exists, those people should shut their fucking mouths and play the game better.
Regarding morality though, it should be formed around two things, rewards and punishment. At that point it is barely recognizable as what is generally referred to when using the word morality though. Always acting in your best self-interest will get you much farther than concerning yourself with whether something to you is immoral or moral. However, it is a special kind of idiot that takes this to mean that you don't need to factor in other people's morality, judgement, and (re)actions in the choices you make. Looking at your world through rewards/punishment will brace a man to properly calculate the idea of fucking another mans wife vs that man losing his shit and killing you. I would also trust a man who acts out of self-interest over someone who has proclaimed "morals". You can morally justify anything, and those people can act with randomness that might not be predicted. Someone who regards that as irrelevant and will act out of self-interest should be more reliable, especially over the long term.
People stating things like /u/moodymela are just falling so short of rising above the bullshit of morality that has been defined by dead men and gods and instead just acting in their best self-interest.
I never see something like this a "moral" reaction, in fact, it's actually quite idiotic and most likely reap you quite poor long term rewards for immediate emotional satisfaction/release. It could even be quite clearly immoral, even to a moralists standards, and I'll explain how. Take a woman who could go out, fuck another guy who doesn't know she is married, and then get caught and lie and tell her Husband she was unfairly seduced by this drive-by-romeo and she just lost control of her actions and she's so HURT and CONFUSED, shifting the blame from herself. (RP Truths: Treat woman as children, in this she automatically assumes and promotes the role of the helpless child and will appeal to your male honor simultaneously) It's only a shade different from a woman making false rape accusations, which an example of seems to pop up every bloody day here. I'm sure you moralists would say that shotgunning some innocent fuck to the face that got caught in the crossfire of a lying harpy and a trigger happy fuckwad is "immoral", which is why the morality system is inherently flawed, not even mentioning the fact that it's all made up to control people.
Going to prison over some woman that has proven to be disloyal to you? That's ultimate level beta shit and I will say that I am qualified to say that, having done time over/for a woman. Anyone who would be willing to do such a thing is plugged in hard, but examining life through a rewards/punishment paradigm will allow a person to figure out and understand that as you understand that there are an insane amount of beta men out there that very well might kill you over this. (RP Truths: 80/20 or 90/10 Rule)
Who gives a fuck whether people want to label something as moral or immoral. Everything is amoral, and that's what lets people act out of educated and contemplative self-interest. Due to the fact that most people have morals, it is most often in your best interest to act as if you do have morals, because those with "morals" will reward you for doing so. Alternatively, you should at least let your actions be guided by the typically predictable behavior and actions of those that do have morality. Law 38, again, is a great tool when applied to daily life that will allow those of us that are amoral to exist in a world plagued by moralists.
The only proper reaction to another man fucking your wife is one word: "Thanks". I however would not assume most men to act that way, and thus I would at least 90% of the time advise against doing so. Someone thoroughly plugged in (and even those swallowing the pill still, apparently) will react quite negatively to this. They're so caught up in their lives and how special they think they are that they see this as an attack against the personal empire they think they are building, and not a gift with some sharp edges.
I was quite surprised to see this post from you of all people /u/IllimitableMan, but as you act with both what you call morality and immorality, I can barely see the difference between that and rational self interest, seems mostly an argument of semantics.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Completely agree with your logic and think this is especially well-written.
I believe one should be Machiavellian when necessary (unplagued by morals) but morally upstanding when Machiavellianism is not necessary. Some people are in bad situations and need to be Machiavellian all the time. Others do not need to be, but are sadistic so constantly indulge it. Others only need to defend themselves sparsely. Morality is actually more beneficial than Machiavellianism because you blend in and guilt where apparent for anything bad you do is easily assuaged/outweighed by the good you do. Obviously that last part does not apply to natural psychopaths. Of course when your interests are violated, you can switch at the drop of a hat and protect them. This is how one is both feared and loved. A good leader learns virtue and knows when to be compassionate, they are not unnecessarily tyrannical. You Machiavellians who fake your morality are limited, because you do not actually possess morality. You feign it, you fool some, but ultimately you cannot inspire love with the morally upstanding. You need a capacity to be moral to attain love and you need a capacity to be immoral to preserve love. Why is love relevant outside how it feels? Love is power.
Ralt 10y ago
I think we're both saying the same thing, but in a way that sounds best to us, as I think we would both act the same way. I'm undecided on who has the better way though.
On my side, I think one would be more open and receptive for instances when acting "immorally" could benefit you but as none of us are perfect it leaves you open to failing when acting immoral and getting judged by those would would.
On your side I think acting as a moral entity would definitely be the safer bet, but could lead to missed opportunities because you aren't always thinking from a core of amorality.
I think it comes down to what kind of man are you? Do you take risks or only make sure bets?
I don't know truly, but I do not think I agree with that. I really don't think that humans are that complicated of creatures. Love can also be power, but I think it's a lower form of power. To look at the current leaders of humanity, I truthfully do not know, but I cannot imagine most of them as "morally upstanding folk".
If you do not concern yourself with humanity as a whole, by not being a shifter and shaper of culture and the masses, but more concerning yourself with the immediate and those closest to you, I think your way could yield more positive results. Like I said, I think it boils down to the type of man I am compared to you. I do not care for building a familial legacy, I can barely bring myself to be open to the option of children. In some ways I wonder if I am one of The Beautiful Ones, warped and twisted by society from the normal path of life, but my sociopathy doesn't really care either way. I probably am acting out from a sort of megalomania, thinking I am more than what I am, but I would always rather reach for more and fail then settle for mediocrity.
Dev_on 10y ago
good job putting it more eloquantly than I have the past few days
Redpillc0re 10y ago
I am not sure if the moral system you are defending is valid anymore. I mean, most people come here exactly because this system of morality (the "loyalty" system) has visibly diminished in their everyday life. People defend moral systems when they feel they are just (for everyone not just for themselves). I believe humans have an innate affinity for this "justice", yet most others (and certainly the 50% of the population) do not follow the system anymore.
It seems to me the established moral system based on "loyalty" is much in doubt today, and i don't see a reversing trend. Therefore men are justified to defy it, imho.
OTOH when they put the blame on "dumb betas who can't keep their girl into place" I cringe at the male hamstering. At some point beta-shaming should be viewed as an offense here.
ihaphleas 10y ago
This should be in the sidebar.
Overkillengine 10y ago
Society is basically a giant extension of the Prisoner's Dilemma. It works best when it is more productive over time for even the amoral to decline maximal short term gratification so that everyone has a reason to show up to the bargaining table.
So when you deliberately choose a non cooperative strategy, don't bother to whine that others notice and act accordingly. "OMG I said TRP is amoral to justify doing whatever I want, why does no one trust me anymore?"
That being said, don't let someone sucker you into giving up your cooperation benefits like modern society (cough feminism) tries to do to men either.
DoctorWelch 10y ago
Now we are starting to get into a fairly deep and long running philosophical argument about ethics and the origin of morality. I personally think these kinds of topic should be left out of TRP, along with political and ideological arguments. However, I will just quickly analyze this argument.
The existence of a completely natural form of ethical reasoning based in logic is is just as likely as nihilism, which is essentially the stance this post is taking in the beginning. The idea that all nature and reality is amoral, and these ideas of right and wrong are just constructs used to help create and advance civilization is basically the stance that a nihilist or maybe a relativist, to be less extreme, would take. And yet, somehow later on you take the position that knowingly fucking someone's wife, or making it a pursuit, is immoral and should be avoided.
Your argument does not make logical sense within the context of TRP. You are starting off by claiming the natural world has no moral code, but then start making statements about how acting a certain way is wrong and we are being immoral. If we take these two statements as true, and if TRP is about living in the real world rather than some fantasy land of social construction, then you arguing a completely contrary point of view to TRP by shaming people into following a certain set of socially constructed rules.
Therefore, one of your premises needs to change or the conclusion is that this line of reasoning is simply not Red Pill.
magus678 10y ago
I predict this post will be met by a lot of "male hamstring."
You are trying to undo the rationalization and social whitewashing language some are using on this sub. I hope it works, but I'm skeptical.
I don't mean this as an insult, but a lot of the people here aren't ready for that. I suspect it's an age thing, but that's just a guess.
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This guy got this idea from my post.
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Stopher 10y ago
From a pure evolutionary standpoint "morality" is only one more evolutioanary behavioral trait. People follow moral rules because those people tend to live longer and reproduce more. If that stops working "morality" will die out and it doesn't matter what anyone here says. Behavior can be an evolutionary trait just like hight or color or mass. Reminds me about how bees will fight for the colony. Something I read about "I'd give my life for my child or 4 cousins".
throvvvvavvvvay 10y ago
You used way too many words to say, "I think it's morally wrong to fuck married broads."
You also made a ton of assertions without anything really backing it up. For example "an enemy will wait years and then smite you" Are we supposed to just take your word on that? That's really what usually happens when some wimpy dude's wife gets turned out?
I'm neutral on your actual point because it's a complex question, but reading this all I got was a bunch of pseudo-moral masturbation in long form.
Glenbert 10y ago
N of one here, but i still take joy in causing problems for the man who fucked my ex years ago. Yes he did me a huge favor ultimately. But I like to think that causing him to get fired twice, losing custody of his children and being set up on several gay "blind dates" will do him a huge favor ultimately.
It's fun to think of new favors that i can do for him.
throvvvvavvvvay 10y ago
I support your efforts, but the best I've been able to do with people who have wronged me in the past is just to take opportunity revenge. In other words if it's convenient I'll milk a situation where they have to sit there and hate me, but I'm just not motivated to go out of my way for it. Which means it doesn't happen that much.
Not sure if this makes me lazy or smart or what. Usually works out well for me though, somehow.
Glenbert 10y ago
Well, this guy turned out to be phenomenally stupid, so it was easy.
It's one thing to be bested by a better man, but when a fool sucker punches you, you make him pay... if it doesn't take too much effort.
solaris1990 10y ago
'I don't mind banging women with bfs but I won't bang women who are married'? It seems as if you're being victim of what you're complaining about.
Let's be clear, morality doesn't endorse the institution of marriage or give it any privileges. People get married for a myriad of reasons. Why would you draw such an arbitrary line?
As for children, actually taking your time to seduce or strategically target a woman with a family who is otherwise happy is sleazy. However, what if she comes on to you? Arguably she'd just find her adventure elsewhere if you turned her down... so I'm not sure you can condemn a man for simply 'going along with it'.
Really agree with what you're saying about unbridled nihilism though. This sub is ripe with it. Life may be amoral but humans aren't. It takes rejecting a large part of what makes you human to act amorally in all aspects of life. I wouldn't want to be near a person who takes pride in this.
-drukpa-kunley- 10y ago
This is way more complex than it needs to be.
Sexual strategy IS amoral. It is a social system that works in a certain way, regardless of how we wish it would work.
However, it is how we choose to interact with that system that defines us as individuals.
All IllimitableMan is saying is "Don't be a piece of shit trying to justify your actions with some male hamstering."
That is like Duke saying "I blame Society". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKIaS0lh-uo
My suggestion is that we can all have a discussion about morality in the sexual arena by first acknowledging that our concepts of morality are entirely personal and subjective. No single person can say whether an action is "right" or "wrong". It is only "right" or "wrong" to them.
If the bro-knights simply rephrased their comments like so: "I wouldn't choose to do this because it doesn't agree with my worldview / sense of morality", then there would be no need for the ban hammer. That statement doesn't try to impose a worldview on others. It simply states the worldview of the author.
And actually, there is enough subject material here for several academic papers. In fact, the whole field of Anthropology is founded on removing the concepts of morality and judgement so we can view social systems without bias. So rather than give a course in Anthropology, I'll end it here.
renegade 10y ago
Even shorter: You can TRP without violating the social contract. If you find yourself edging up on violating the social contract (i.e. committing adultery) you should check yourself.
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dykmidk 10y ago
You're on point with most of that. There's a little bit of decent information on this sub, emphasis on little. Confidence building, working on yourself, and even the coined "abundance mentality". These are positive things that anyone can work on with this sub giving some guidance. Beyond that, unfortunately, most of the content is drivel comprised mostly of keyboard warrior "alpha males" spouting their intense views on how things "should" be.
If I was to be simplistic like much of the content here and put things, be it traits or people, into a category of alpha or beta--it would be nothing short of ironic that the worry and concern about becoming 'alpha' is only putting that goal further away. The harder you try, and such nonsense. Comical, truly.
As for your position that the declaration of sexual strategy being amoral is irrelevant based on the observation that all life is amoral, again I must agree. Sexual strategy is only amoral if you wish it to be so, as is everything. By the same means in which people proclaim females hamster away feelings of guilt and responsibility, so do they with this proclamation. One of the main tenants of this 'alpha' concept is responsibility, yet they want none.
In a forum unofficially dedicated to 'becoming alpha' it's a hilariously feminine parallel they've drawn themselves into.
RedPillSafe 10y ago
Excellent Post.
Altruism (morality) is a learned trait.
We begin with MGTOW which is the morality of taking care of only yourself.
Next we learn to care about our children and family.
Next we learn to fight for our tribe.
...with each expansion of our Altruism (morality) we expand our limits of who we consider worth helping.
At some point this process breaks down.
This should be obvious, but Feminism has indoctrinated us with the idea of "universal egalitarian humanity" where we become blind to the QUALITY of our relationships. Feminism wants our commitments to be unearned.
Seek QUALITY, avoid EQUALITY.
Morality extends to those you consider "allies" (quality relationships) but does not extend to others.
When in doubt offer less Altruism rather than more.
Give nothing for free, but don't violate others needlessly for fear of revenge.
DRMMR76 10y ago
I would be careful using the word altruism and equating it directly with morality.
One can choose to help others. One can choose to harm others. One can choose to do neither.
Only helping would be altruistic, while helping AND doing neither could be considered moral. The absence of actively helping someone is not the same as choosing to harm them. The debate currently being discussed is if sleeping with an attached person is moral, and if it even matters if it's moral.
The subject would be the other persons husband/boyfriend. I believe that the altruistic response would be to not only not sleep with the wife, but to tell the husband of her plans. That is going out of your way to help him. The immoral choice would be to sleep with her. And the the moral but non altruistic choice would be to do neither. Just choose not to associate yourself with that act, but also not go out of your way to tell him.
The excuse that "well someone is going to do it, might as well be me" is more male hamstering. Just because people are stealing property in a riot and you can reasonable assume that if you don't steal a TV someone else will does not mean it's right for you to do it. Performing an action that you know will cause another person duress (without them initiating such actions first) is immoral. It doesn't become moral due to a group mentality. Anarchy is all fun and games til everyone is doing it. Then you're just another dead body on the side of the road.
Your self worth as a man in a truly objective sense can be directly tied to how moral you are (no necessarily altruistic). Just as there is nothing wrong with honest selfishness. In economics if I am selling you a product I will selfishly try to get the best price I can for it, and you will try to get the lowest price. That's selfishness for both of us, but it is not immoral as long as we're both consenting parties dealing with each other honestly. If I sell you something I know is faulty or you try to pay me with counterfeit currency, we are also being selfish but in a dishonest way. It's not the selfishness that's immoral, not the idea of wanting a product for the best price, but the actions we take going about it.
And whether one wants to acknowledge it or not, we still live in a social world and you don't get to just make up your own rules as you go along.
RedPillSafe 10y ago
I agree.
There are two sides to morality because one is to be helpful and the other to be hurtful.
My point was that morality should be an extension of a winning strategy in life.
Altruism towards unrelated people is a bizarre concept that emerged from the egalitarian ideal.
Feminists desire Altruism as a standard because they want betas that GIVE COMMITMENT for free to everyone.
Don't resist the urge to be sexually amoral because you think you must be altruistic and a "nice guy", instead you resist the urge because as a stoic man living wisely there is no benefit to acting on foolish situations.
Be wise, don't waste energy on stupid amoral sexually painful situations.
TRP_Rookie 10y ago
Thanks man, this is something I've been thinking about since that recent post which went up. You've essentially laid out my thoughts, plus more. Great to see someone who is well respected in the community with this kind of well articulated rational opinion.
Hyperian 10y ago
I am assuming this post is a response for an earlier post about "If i don't fuck this taken chick, someone else would so it might as well be me, and there's nothing wrong with that because sexual strategy is amoral"
i tried to articulate your point of view but everyone started shouting how being "alpha" is about not thinking and just doing. Lets see what happens with your post.
vorenus-et-pullo 10y ago
That's more tragedy of the commons, and that does apply everywhere in life. If you can "solve" it, be sure to get published as it would be beneficial in many areas from exhaustion of resources to pollution.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
That is hilarious. But no, I didn't see that, I haven't spent much of today on Reddit. That does sound like grade A hamstering though. Someone is taking on female psychological mannerisms and using it to justify their immorality. BOO! How I see it is this: if you fuck another person's girl and you feel the need to justify it with "WELL SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE DONE IT ANYWAY!" not only are you full of shit, but you feel enough shame to bullshit people with shitty reasoning. If you didn't think it was bad, you wouldn't feel the need to justify yourself in this manner. If I fucked your girl knowing she was your girl, I would know it was immoral, and I would call it that. When you qualify your immorality as amoral, you are ultimately hamstering. The "if I don't X, someone else will X" argument is called diffusion of responsibility. I find it funny how people feel the need to justify their immorality and then come down as morally righteous on people who judge their immorality, it's a perverse irony.
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FunAndFreedom 10y ago
This is a really good post. I'm not going to judge a guy who sleeps with another guy's girl. But at the same time if he needs to go on a diatribe to defuse whatever guilt he feels it's no different than female hamstering.
The reality is fucking another mans girl is an ego trip. It can make a man feel like a god and it's addicting. I get why people do it. But spare me the pseudo-philosophical justifications.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Got it in one. As for the part in bold: Hence my reference to sado-narcissism.
through_a_ways 10y ago
Everything is amoral. This is the doctrine that everybody lives their life by.
However, few people actually realize that they live their lives by this doctrine, and even fewer can handle the cognitive dissonance that stems from it.
Example: I eat meat. I eat veal. I don't really give a fuck about killing those animals. I also like dogs as pets, and eating dog is illegal.
A "Bluepill" person would try to hamster some sort of rationalization as to why dogs are more "self-aware" than cows. (Whether they really are, isn't the point. If dogs are a bad example, then substitute in cat or some other pet).
A Redpill person recognizes the moral double standard of the act, but he also recognizes that it is not a double standard he should concern himself with; because it insignificant to him.
This mirrors women's rationalizations extremely closely. Complete with the "blame" for not valuing something: The person doesn't care about eating cows and pigs, so therefore those animals are inherently inferior to dogs. He won't admit that he just doesn't care about those animals, because that would make him a selfish douche.
When a girl doesn't like a guy, she will rationalize her preference by actually attacking the guy's character or ability, rather than straight out admit that she just isn't attracted to him. Admitting that she just isn't attracted to him, even if he did everything "right", makes her a selfish douche. She doesn't wanna be a douche, so obviously, there are many things WRONG with this guy if she's not attracted to him.
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edwardhwhite 10y ago
Karma exists. You sleep with your own brother's wife, you'll be shunned and cut out of the will. You sleep with the boss' wife, you're fired. These are stone facts.
Its a question of circumstances.
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edwardhwhite 10y ago
Karma has nothing to do with justice. It has to do with reactions. Meaning if you piss people off, they will harm you. Its called don't shit where you eat. If you fuck over people close to you they will no longer be your friends. So if you are going to sleep with someone who promised fidelity to someone else, make sure its someone you don't know.
I've seen far more of this world than you have son. Nice try to be "hard."
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DarkCircle 10y ago
I have been thinking about something like this for a few days. This sub seems obsessed with dark triad behavior and when I have looked at the dark triad people I have met, they almost always seem to end up being miserable people.
The goal should be to cherry pick the best bits of being dark triad/beta/whatever and building a self that is optimally successful sexually and in other areas. A lot on this sub seem to believe that simply hurting other people makes them some form of glorious dark triad. If you can have that edge while still retaining who you are, I think you are winning. I have done the opposite and been super nice and that too is misery. Even if you try to be amoral, you do have a conscience and violating it is not heathy.
Where I would disagree with you is that I would say "reality is amoral". Wherever you find life, some sort of moral code quickly develops as life's preservation depends on many hands.
In nature a genuine alpha male is quite different from what is preached in this sub. They are leaders (out of respect and or fear). For a lion to be in charge of the pack, they cannot go around banging everyone's wife or shitting on too many people. They depend on the help of others to lead and someone that builds up resentment will quickly end up being overthrown.
Me personally I am going to spend some time this coming year cultivating the dark triad part of myself but find a balance and optimize for happiness.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
You are wise to seek balance. Be "evil" only when necessary and you will live optimally. Sadism should hopefully eventually be bred out of the gene pool. Schadenfreude is more than sufficient. There are far less destructive ways for one to get their kicks.
macguffin22 10y ago
I have mixed feelings on the subject. I have been gradually coming around to red pill thinking over the last few years. While my own personal negative experiences with women were a big art of my taking the red pill, the thing that fundamentally changed my perspective was actually listening and watching the women around me. I've worked in healthcare for years and I'm mostly around females all day. What I finally came to realize was that, specifically in regards to their romantic/sexual relationships with men, females are essentially amoral. I noticed that girls who cheated on or humiliated a guy never actually expressed remorse because they believed they had done something morally wrong. They would express regret about the CONSEQUENCES they may have to face as a result, but never the actions themselves. Anyway, the point is that I grew up with a father who relentlessly cheated on my mother and it had very negative effects on my childhood. Until my TRP awakening, I was fundamentally opposed to cheating, and would absolutely refuse to hook up with a girl if I knew she had a LTR. Well now I can't really see why it's a problem. I mean, from what I've observed, women almost never cheat in isolation. If a women will cheat with you, she has almost definitely done so in the past and will do so again in the future. Personally I'm not going to start seeking out married or taken women to sleep with, but if i find out after I'ts not going to affect me other than crossing her off the LTR potential list. Basically I agree with you in principal, but I just accept that it doesn't matter. If you don't want to fuck married women because you feel its beneath you or wrong, that's fine and I can respect that. Just please don't expect very many people to agree with you or support your thinking. Few men and almost no women actually give a shit about respecting another persons relationship. Let it go.
kennethlukens 10y ago
I don't know. Morals are intensely personal. My morals are not your morals. Seems like you're thrusting your set of morals on everyone else? Do your morals say that is OK?
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newlifeasredpill 10y ago
Really good post. I disagree only with your contention that married women only want sex, not an emotional attachment.
That is describing some married MEN who have affairs.
Women who have affairs looove the emotional charge they no longer get from their "boring" husbands.
I started an affair with a woman who told me "I don't want a lot of drama"
She really meant "my husband is my best friend and I don't want to leave him but he wants a mommy not a wife. And I'm soooooooo bored"
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Great post and given me a few things to think about in relation to that specific topic. Thanks dude. Saved to RES.
NightwingTRP 10y ago
Hurrah! Somebody gets the subtle distinction I was making in RedPillWatchtower's pinned topic. I'd taken the loss on this and just put it to one side in my mind. (More important things to worry about right now.) Good read as usual man.
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DolorousRedd 10y ago
Throughout my high school career, I pondered many of the higher mysteries of life. While other students wasted their potential with sex, drugs and companionship (needless distractions which I didn't want anyway), I used the Spark Notes of The Prince and a worksheet on Satre to pass English class in between whacking off and eating cheezels. I saw Ayn Rand mentioned on Mad Men and I got the grasp of that too. Needless to say, I became quite the scholar.
Then, I skimmed a couple of posts the sidebar and discovered the RP philosophy. I contemplated while I waited for my account to be allowed to post and combined my old knowledge with the new. With all this, I can indeed confirm life is amoral! The world is amoral! Morality is a false construction! Women are evil and so are children. I've devised a fool-proof game plan to seduce these unsatisfied cretins like a true AF and will report back here with my Machiavellian Triad(tm) Guide To Being As Alpha And As Dark Machiavellian Triad As DolorousRedd.
I don't give a fuck about fucking anything, and that's because I'm a fucking man. Some people say I'm "rude", "socially retarded" and "afraid to face up to my insecurities and limitations by insisting there is no right or wrong, man". But being an ALPHA FUCKS means unbridled selfishness and a deep, festering bitterness towards my fellow man.
Sexual strategy is amoral! Deal with it you Beta mugs!
PS - Almost went through a post without mentioning feminism. Fuck Feminism!
vissil 10y ago
I can't tell if this is a troll post or not. You sound like a man-child.
It seems like your disdainful view on said things (sex, drugs, and companionship) is more likely to stem from your inability to have them, rather than an actual belief that they are useless.
No it doesn't: being alpha fucks means a lot of things, but having a deep, festering bitterness towards your fellow man is not one of those things. You can opt to be selfish sometimes, but that does not mean that you cannot form a personal moral code which involves service to others.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
Without meaning to psychoanalyse too much, if your post is true you sound like someone who resented his peers in childhood so thus grew into a misanthrope. Now armed with more knowledge and experience, you aim to "make the world pay" and "get yours." You are a man driven by revenge. Fair enough, but it isn't a need for revenge that makes you a man. Being honest with yourself about who you are and doing whatever the fuck you want anyway in spite of your own corruption makes you a man. Maybe not a noble or respectable one, maybe not even a likeable one, but you are certainly a man because you are self-aware.
Oh sure, check out this hilarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiTYDJ15r_c
DolorousRedd 10y ago
Just taking the piss brother. I agree with you - some need to face up to their immorality.
moodymela 10y ago
He's trolling you. Unless you're counter trolling. I'm too old for these internet shenanigans.
IllimitableMan 10y ago
I suspected as much, but I've never been one to disappoint an audience.
I know how you feel.
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Elim101 10y ago
You're not alone in this. A man says what he means and means what he says. Trolling is weak and pathetic.
brotherjustincrowe 10y ago
"Deception and theatricality" are tools of women.