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This is a fascinating read about bullies and bullying, calling into question the toxic culture around manliness and cruelty. The desire for the “law of the jung
by glitchc 6y ago
This is a fascinating read about bullies and bullying, calling into question the toxic culture around manliness and cruelty. The desire for the “law of the jungle”, where the man most appropriate to lead is determined by his ability to crush those who contest his right to rule, this predates American society.
While America is one of the few modern nations that still glorifies it, the form and shape is considerably weaker to past societies and the power of the bully diminishes daily. Champions of industry are now the bookish sort, something that would be unthinkable a half-century ago. I am hopeful that the trend will continue as society evolves.
- scandox 6y ago> Champions of industry are now the bookish sort You may have missed the last 20 years in which it was conclusively proved that more cerebral leaders can be dominating bullies also. Just replace muscles with whiteboard pens.
- 082349872349872 6y agoIs Science Fiction (at least the less cynical descendants of Connecticut Yankee...) the bookish sort's version of fanfic? https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rckye2aV_ZM/S7Mm16X-JUI/AAAAAAAABQI/5lnZMPRuYdc/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Валерий+Барыкин.bmp https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rckye2aV_ZM/S7Mm16X-JUI/AAAAAAAAB... ("Eve" has a fashion mag under her apple, "Adam" is looking in a collection of SF stories instead of his bookmarked text. The title doesn't translate well into english, which doesn't gender inanimate objects, but ends something like: "books - [the] best [girl]friends")
- finaliteration 6y agoToo true. Intellectual bullying can be insidious and is often overlooked because it doesn’t come with physical scars and bruises. Some of the worst bosses and coworkers I’ve encountered were those whose mentally abusive and toxic behavior was enabled or ignored simply because they were “intelligent” or technically indispensable.