The Dearth Of Honest Masculinity Takes

The idea can’t really evolve because most of society doesn’t want it to evolve.

This picture above represents three men who are collectively worth more than the GDP of a good chunk of nations, and have (if I am counting properly) 20 kids between them, so an average of 6+ per man. Well over the fertility rate needed for successful development of society. One of those guys, Elon, even talks about that a lot (“doing my part!”). And yet, the grandest joy any of these men seem to get day-over-day is owning the libs, and/or painting America in disgusting, dire terms — i.e. “carnage in the streets” — that kinda makes you wonder why they wouldn’t take their money, go somewhere else, and live a better, cleaner life there as opposed to controlling the government. Until, of course, you realize the word “control” was in that last sentence, and once you have a certain amount of assets, the main thing you still want desperately is control — and maybe friends, which this photo nods to a little bit as well.

At the same time as this photo was happening and lots of people are/were debating masculinity and gender, this piece appeared in The New York Times: