On bringing the balance between the young hoplites energy and paterfamilias energy, the Bible sure says that the glory of youth is their strength and the glory of old age is greyness (wisdom). The grey may mentor the virile. And the virile will ride for the grey. We all eat the benefits. It is of course easier said than done, but it is doable.
It’s as if polemics have become the dividing line that prevents the red-pill hoplite from maturing into the energy of the paterfamilias, the responsible, grounded masculine archetype rooted in care, strength, and legacy. What was once framed as a path to awakening or empowerment now seems trapped in an endless cycle of reactionary rhetoric.
The culture war becoming a self-perpetuating echo chamber. It sustains internet identity politics, reinforcing tribal boundaries and performative masculinity. As a result, many men remain caught in liminal identities, warriors without households, voices without stewardship, disconnected from the inner work and real-world responsibility that defines mature manhood.
The culture war of the internet has reduced masculine energy to a performance, fracturing it into rigid categories that rarely translate into real-world expression or embodiment.
Authentic engagement with the classics serves as a bridge in the journey toward maturity.
Congrats to you, Teddy, and your family!
Congratulations on the birth of your son. May you treat your son as the one above treats you. God bless you and your son.
Congratulations! He’s adorable.
Congratulations on the birth of your son.
On bringing the balance between the young hoplites energy and paterfamilias energy, the Bible sure says that the glory of youth is their strength and the glory of old age is greyness (wisdom). The grey may mentor the virile. And the virile will ride for the grey. We all eat the benefits. It is of course easier said than done, but it is doable.
Congratulations once more.
Big congrats on the newly born! 🙏
Love this insight you put forward also!
It’s as if polemics have become the dividing line that prevents the red-pill hoplite from maturing into the energy of the paterfamilias, the responsible, grounded masculine archetype rooted in care, strength, and legacy. What was once framed as a path to awakening or empowerment now seems trapped in an endless cycle of reactionary rhetoric.
The culture war becoming a self-perpetuating echo chamber. It sustains internet identity politics, reinforcing tribal boundaries and performative masculinity. As a result, many men remain caught in liminal identities, warriors without households, voices without stewardship, disconnected from the inner work and real-world responsibility that defines mature manhood.
The culture war of the internet has reduced masculine energy to a performance, fracturing it into rigid categories that rarely translate into real-world expression or embodiment.
Authentic engagement with the classics serves as a bridge in the journey toward maturity.