I'm feeling very fortunate to have formal employment which covers my necessary expenses, with some leftover money to spare for rainy days or the odd spot of overseas travel. Being a small-time online entrepreneur helps too, and it can (hopefully) allow me to live someplace warm and modestly priced in Latin America someday. But what about the tens of millions of Americans who are not anywhere close to having my comparatively fortunate circumstances? Long-term unemployment (or underemployment) is a major issue for those who are stuck in the American vortex, with seemingly no options to escape. Unfortunately, I have some bad Read More

Heroes and villains. This age-old conflict goes back as far as human history has been recorded. As far as most of us know, the good guys came out on top most of the time. But the older we get, the more we question what we believed to be the pillars of truth that have been engrained in us since our youth. One of those pillars is that heroes are worshiped and revered as the true alphas of society. Red pillers are now well aware that acting like a hero or trying to be the good guy leads to failure in most Read More

(To download the PDF edition of this article, click here. It was originally published on Roosh V.) It was Joe's first date with Mary. He asked her what she wanted in life and she replied, “I want to establish my career. That's the most important thing to me right now.” Undeterred that she had no need for a man in her life, Joe entertained her with enough funny stories and cocky statements that she soon allowed him to lightly pet her forearm. At the end of the date, he locked arms with her on the walk to the subway station, when two Read More

The realm of novels, trilogies, and fandoms is something that is often considered strictly for geeks and nerds. While a lot of fantasy series have nothing much noteworthy of emulation, J.R.R. Tolkien's literary masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, is quite pragmatic and inspiring. Aragorn, the protagonist of the movie, is a great man in all senses of the word. Here is why: 1. The nature of his rise to power Some are born great, some acquire greatness, and greatness is thrust upon some. The Bard may have been apt in saying so, for Aragorn shows all the three characteristics. By virtue Read More

This interview was originally published on Reaxxion by Dallas Fitzgerald. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Davis Aurini, co-creator of The Sarkeesian Effect. The project has been met with some skepticism by the GamerGate community and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't one of those skeptics. However, the opportunity to speak with Davis had a large impact on how I see him as a person—and more importantly, the director of this project. Without further ado, the unaltered, unedited text of our interview in it's entirety. — DF: Hi, Davis. Glad to have the opportunity to chat with you. Read More