Masculinity and Nothingness @RahulSam

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Recently the topic of masculinity has been discussed contentiously in our culture with the rise of controversial figures like Andrew Tate.

Original piece: theunhappyman.substack.com/p/masculinity-and-nothingness

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Or, to put it in moral terms, is it something like cowardice and insincerity? To put it immorally, is it a form of cunning? O, Socrates, Socrates, was that perhaps your secret? O, mysterious ironist, was this perhaps your - irony?” — Friedrich Nietzsche Complete article - Jordan Peterson and the (F)law of ‘Scientific Inquiry’: https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/11 David’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoryPhilosophy {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Reference Links} - {Music Used} Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/2T22q6V {Images & Videos used} - If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting REALM: https://www.realmprojectau.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 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