**How is any of that related to your Marxist, misandrist, parasitical ideology?**Who ever said anything about not having a good job? Do whatever you want to fulfill your financial needs while minimizing your taxes paid to the government.
Ever read Atlas Shrugged? It makes some interesting points about good, evil and their relation to power. When evil people use manipulation and guilt instead of brute force, all you have to do to defeat them is to go on strike.When I apply for jobs, I do not send out just one application and pin all my hopes and dreams on it. Hiring managers can smell that desperation, over-investment, and lack of options from a mile away.
Look, how about you reply to the ideas that I am talking about, rather than assuming that I hold some completely different set of ideas? I’ve got 15,000 posts on CAF. If I’m a big misandrist Marxist, it ought to be in there somewhere.
For your convenience, here’s what I think about the trustworthiness of people who say they have no needs:
"Let’s say that there are two different types of woman:
"A says, “I don’t have any needs and I don’t have any boundaries. I can do anything for you that you want, as long as you want me to do it. I don’t ever need you to do anything for me.”
"B says, “I have needs and I have boundaries. There are some things I can do for you, but not others, and there are some things that I will need you to help me with.”
“Consider for a moment, which of those two women is most likely being truthful and accurate?”
Here’s an alternate form of the argument.
Let’s say that there are two people selling two different cars.
A says, “This car runs without gas or any other fuel or energy source. It never needs oil changes, new tires, new filters or fluids of any kind, and it never needs repairs.”
B says, “This car consumes about a gallon of gas every 25 miles. It needs oil changes every 5,000 miles, new tires every 25,000 miles, and periodic maintenance. I’ve spent $800 on repairs this past year but it seems to be running well now.”
Which of the two (A or B) is more likely to be providing honest and accurate information about the car that he is selling and would be a safer person to do business with?
The argument I’m making is that a person who makes clear, detailed descriptions of their needs is (in the long run) easier and safer to deal with. And I have to admit, I have been A myself because I just didn’t know any better. I’m trying to be B now, and I’m actually a much pleasanter, easier to be around person than I used to be.
Moving on, it’s actually not uncommon for MGTOWers to want minimize income in order to stick it to the Man (or the Woman in their case). That’s probably because they think they’re going to be young forever and haven’t thought much about what life looks like for 50-year-old broke single guys with neglected health and teeth, an unrewarding career, and no savings.
I haven’t read Atlas Shrugged, but I’ve actually been a rather informed conservative since I was middle school aged 30 years ago (I started reading the Gulag Archipelago at 12 or so). I was a college Russian major and have both studied in post-Soviet Russia (1994) and worked there (1995-1997) and have had many Russian friends over the years, plus for good measure, I’m married into a Polish emigre family. I could talk for hours and hours and bore us both silly on the subject of altruism and Soviet communism. (Cliff Notes version: Altruism is great! But we can’t be expected to be altruistic all the time.) You’ll notice that I haven’t actually been pushing the idea of non-stop altruism. In fact, that’s the whole point of what I’ve been saying about needs–that it is not workable to demand that one group of people (be they men or women) be altruistic all the time.
The crazy thing about the view you’re taking is believing that you can just start thinking about your needs and forget about everybody else’s needs and that life will be fantastic. Well, that’s not how it works (just like my need to drive does not eliminate my car’s need for gas, oil changes, and repairs). A functional, sustainable life and functional, sustainable relationships require a balance between different people’s needs.
Pensmama87 makes a very good point about resumes. For good jobs, they have to be tailored to the job. I also have to mention that the last time my husband applied for a job, he was only applying to the one position and he got it. He had a job at the time, which does make a difference, but in the case of this one job, there was such a good fit between what they wanted and what he wanted that it wasn’t necessary to spray and pray. Likewise, I’ve only ever dated four people my whole life and I’m the only person my husband has ever dated. When there’s a high degree of compatibility, it’s not necessary to do pickup style SPAM–pickup is the equivalent of the dozen emails I delete from my inbox every day without even reading the whole subject line. It’s no wonder that PUA’s whine so incessantly about all the terrible women they meet–of course they are going to meet women that are worse than average, using their methods.
