Quite recently, Dark Knight released a video documenting two men getting arrested for the new laws in place in New York subways prohibiting men from taking up too much space in subway seats. In his video, Dark Knight raises a call to action in order to start fighting back against this insanity. With the country becomming more and more of a trash pile for our rights and liberties, he wanted to start fighting back. He wanted to start fighting back aganst laws such as California's "yes means yes" law and New York's "manspreading" law.
Further along in the video, he was comming up with ideas such as lawyers that specialized in men's issues and scientists that would work independently to create a male birth control pill or the artificial womb. The only problem that Dark Knight stated was that he didn't have any solutions or any plans on how to get there. How to start fighting against this insanity?
In response to his video, he received support and he also received criticism. The criticism included that men going their own way don't need to do anything and just let the entire system collapse on itself. I can understand both sides. There are men that want to change the world and there are men that want to leave it along. Both are fine.
I'm a fan of Dark Knight's content. Of all the content producers out there, he has to the most postive one out there. That positivity is really needed when I get back from 12 hours at the office and I feel like I've just been punched in the kidneys. Motivated by his video, I would like to submit one possible solution.
Whatever solution that works, I don't think it we can count on getting the federal government to do it for us. The solution will come from each individual man himself. Each man out there would have to get into a good financial position. Let's encourage men to accumulate crazy amounts of wealth. Like really big stacks ya know. Encourage men to go out an accumulate cash/net worth of $50,000 or $100,000.
The world we live in today, it is set up full of traps. Divorce laws, child support, alimony, and false rape/domestic violence claims hinder/destory men's lives. Legal obligations can effectively turn a man into a wage slave. Unfortunately, these are not the only traps that can turn a man into a wage slave.
Without much guidance about personal finances for a man's first 25 years of life, a man can make several terrible bad decisions that can cripple his freedom for several years. Be it taking a loan for a luxury car, going to college for a degree without good job prospects, always buying the latest and expensive electronic device, or deciding to take out a mortgage for a small mansion, several men will simply walk into the debt trap.
The problem with debt is obvious. You have to pay that money back or else your stuff will get repossessed. The not so obvious problem with debt is that it takes time to repay that money. Time that could be used either accumulating wealth for yourself or time that could be used to enjoy your life will be lost.
In accumulating large amounts of wealth, a man gains several options. The reason for this is that having more wealth makes it easier to gain more wealth. And having more wealth makes a man much better suited to face life's problems. After all, if a man lives paycheck to paycheck and the transmission of his car dies out, he will be crippled by a few thousand dollars. Most likely, he will have to pay for it on credit while having to pay about 15% interest on the outstanding balance.
Had the same man had just $10,000 in savings, he could just spend the cash to repair the car or see if there is a used car available for a few thousand dollars and then just get on with life. My point here is that getting into a good financial position is critical for dealing with life's problems. I encourage every man who reads this to start working towards that position of accumulating $50,000 or $100,000 net worth. If that amount is too high or out of reach, don't worry or let that discourage you. These are just arbitrary numbers. If you need a easier or more realstic goal, shoot for just $10,000 or $20,000 at first. Eventually, you want to get to a point in your life where money isn't a big problem anymore.
When you get there, whatever point that might be, you can make a choice. Do you want to sit back and smoke a cigar while our country keeps going down the drain? If so, then that is cool. You already have your safety egg that you worked hard for and you deserve to enjoy yourself. You have no responsibility or obligation to a society that views you as disposable. Let it all burn.
Do you want to get out there and start fighting back against insanity? That would take a lot of time, money, and effort. These are the things that average men do not really have much of to spare. But since you already got yourself into a good financial position, you do have these things to spare.
You want to try to protest different governments to pull back "Yes means Yes" in California? Go for it. You want to create different campaigns to try to encourage people to boycott states like California and New York for these kinds of laws? That's awesome. You want to encourage men to reject materialism and accumulate wealth? Do it. You have the time and resources to do these things if you don't have to worry about your personal finances.
I'm reminded of some news clip I saw some time ago. It was Bill Clinton's daughter creating some sort of charity or non government organization. I can't quite remember what she was trying to change and I'm pretty sure it is nothing important but I do remember one thing she said. She said she never really cared all that much about money. This is understandable when you come from a rich family and have all the money that you would need for the rest of your life time. When you are in that position, you spend your time trying to change the world the way you see fit.
This solution I've thought of, to encourage men like us to get into a good financial position, is the only solution I can think of that is a no lose situation. Most likely, a lot of men that become wealthy won't try to change government, culture, or public opinions. They have a good life and most likely contributed to the overall economy in becoming wealth. Those men that do try to change government, culture, and public opinion will put up resistance from laws like "Yes means Yes" and "manspreading" and try to prevent those laws from spreading into more states.
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