i was thinking last night about how sad it is that the main content out there for our young men to consume is basically reactionary dumbasses interviewing celebs or athletes or whatever. i was thinking it would be cool if a podcast existed that was just like regular dudes and getting their thoughts on masculinity, the family, relationships etc
the types of topics young men might be interested in and look to their fathers for guidance but not everyone has that, or some fathers are shitheads
is there anything like that out there? and if not would anyone be interested in recording some interviews and seeing if its any good?
i was thinking about trying to come up with like 3-4 questions to start as a template to ask everyone then following the conversation and seeing where it goes from there
i also just had a high abv beer and have adhd so i might never follow up on this lol
Getting girls being the primary focus of men is a product of patriarchy. That you are less of a man if you aren’t having sex.
It’s so hard to do because what you’re asking for is a reactionary podcast (one premised on and reinforcing patriarchy) that moves people left. That’s a huge contradiction to start. Maybe you could smuggle in healthier views about sex and gender but people aren’t stupid, they smell through that, and they’ll just go to other media.
Left wing media and communities like this one should be breaking down this kind of thinking and helping men to find other avenues to define themselves through.
I think the response to this is what about the left wing incels? Do left wing men just not have sex? And my bad answer is - kindof ya. Left wing men should be pursuing relationships with all kinds of people. Friendships with women and people of all genders and no gender. If you have close relationships with people, sex will come. Maybe that means you have sex years layer than some of your peers- and ya that’s what it means to stop using your patriarchal advantages to get sex.
If your goal is to sex women at a bar, then of course right wing media is the place to go.
Some people want leftist to reinforce the very same cultural foundations that uphold capitalism, caused many to be leftists in the first place and is anathema to what generations of socialists have been preaching about. Like what is a “Chad” nothing other than a man that conforms and excels the patriarchal expectations? And for what to chase and gain “respect” by a nebulous crowd of normies because all commies are limp-wristed “nerds” who read books or something? Isnt that just assimilation back into capitalism?