edit-- I'm getting a lot of shit from the Red Pill and I knew that I would because I'm criticizing one of the defining pillars-- THOU SHALL LIFT. I'm not telling you not to lift. I'm not telling you not to exercise. I lift weights. I try to lift every day. I run marathons. I'm just expressing my opinion. And as many of you have pointed out-- yes, my opinion is based on my experience. What else can my opinion be based on? I'm just saying that the reason why lifting is such an important part of this community is because (based on my impression) this community consists of young guys in high school and early 20s. And when you're that age, you really don't have very many options to increase you SMV. So, you do the easiest, most straight forward thing you can do, you get a gym membership, you buy some protein powder and creatine, and you hit the gym for 2 hours a day. That's easy to do when you have no other obligations, when you don't have dozens of people depending on you.

First, You will be old one day. Here's how it happens. You go to college and work your ass off to balance sports, academics, jobs, and banging girls. You go to law school and you work your ass off to distinguish yourself from the 150 other people who think they are better, smarter, and more deserving of that great job than you are. You get the great job, and you spend the next 7 years paying your dues, learning the ropes, proving that you belong there, proving that the firm is better with you in it. Then you get promoted, but BOOM you're 33 years old and you don't know where the time went, and people in high school look at you like you're an old man. it will happen to you.

Here's my old man perspective of the Red Pill:

I really like it. I think, in general, it does an excellent job of describing the hypocrisy, misandry, and logical incoherence of feminism and progressive liberalism (which is dominated by beta males and feminists). Whether you realize this or not (which is dependent whether you've been exposed to any Sociology-- the old-school stuff, not the modern gibberish) the Red Pill describes sex as a commodity. It refers to sexual capital which is a Marxist term that carries an inherent connotation of exploitation. capital is exploitation.

Who is being exploited, though, the man or the woman?

Sex is commodity. We all want sex. Our culture has commodified sex. It's commodified attractiveness; it's commodified the methods for obtaining sex. Think about this: many women still intend to find a husband while at college.. Of course, feminists attacked this woman as being some backward, neanderthal, but in fact, her point is valid. College women will never have a better opportunity to market and sell their sexual capital to a man who can afford to buy their capital then when she is in college. She is surrounded by qualified buyers.

Feminism has created this insane contradiction where they demonize the male marketplace of sexual capital. Men can't express their interest in the sexual capital of women, except in extremely narrow terms almost entirely dictated by the female. You can't hit on a woman in the gym-- that's creepy. you can't hit on a woman at the grocery store-- that's creepy. You can't hit on a woman in the office-- that's harassment. you can't hit on a woman for dressing in a provocative manner that displays her sexual capital, because that's creepy. A man can only express his interest in the sexual capital of a woman when she permits it, usually by going to a club, a bar, a frat party, etc.

Feminists understand that sexual capital is singularly the most valuable asset that a woman has. This is why they work so hard to normalize deviant physical traits (obesity, fat ankles, frizzy hair, bad skin, etc.) , and neutralize the commodification of exceptional traits, like those possessed by the most beautiful women. Sexual capital is like boats on the ocean-- when the ocean goes up, they all go up.

This is also why feminist have a created a rape culture. Women have to guard their sexual capital at all costs because it's so valuable, and so fleeting, it's only good for about 1/8th of her total life. They guard their sexual capital by demonizing men who look at them a moment too long, or smile at them, or [ask to have coffee at the wrong time] (http://religiondispatches.org/does-atheism-have-a-misogyny-problem/). It has to be on their terms, or the man is a misogynist proto-rapist.

The Red Pill is one of the few places where men can discuss strategies for countering the feminist commodification of sex. The market value of the sexual capital of women in the United States is too high. It costs more than it's worth. The Red Pill teaches men how to correctly value the sexual capital and how to negotiate it down to a fair market rate. it's really just that simple.

Here's what I don't like about TRP.

As you read this, please keep something in mind. Beware the dangers of group-think. If you read the book "World War Z" heed the principle of the Tenth Man. As a lawyer, I often act as my firm's 10th man. When everybody else agrees on something (expanding the firm, taking on a new corporate client, taking on contingency a case that will take 10 years to litigate, etc.) I stand up and say why it's a bad idea. So, even though you might disagree me, make sure you don't fall into group-think, because once you do, it's hard to get out.

so, without further ado

Men have sexual capital also. For men, sexual capital is power and dominance. An alpha male is one who controls and commands other men. This is why men who have power like Clinton, Patreus, Putin, Kennedy, are so desirable. They're powerful.

Just like women have cheap sexual capital, so do men. For women, cheap sexual capital is putting on a miniskirt, wearing high heels, and entering a wet-t shirt contest. For men, cheap sexual capital is...

here's where you slam me

lifting weights for the purpose of getting jacked. To me, as a 33 year old man who has finally paid enough dues to get to the point where I'm ahead of the curve, i see the incessant desire to "get swoll" as a juvenile attempt to create an appearance of power and domination. it's cheap and easy to get swoll-- all it takes is time and energy-- the two commodities that high school and college students have in abundance. It's a lot harder to work yourself into a position where you can control the lives of other people. For example, I've got a dozen people who are totally dependent on me for their livelihoods. I have a secretary who works her ass off to please me, because she knows at the end of the year, I can give her a $1000 bonus, a $5000, or a $10,000 bonus. Her mission in life is to know what i want and need before I do. That's power. Again, I'm not talking about cheap power that comes by way of a position-- like a police officer, prison guard, assistant district attorney. Men in these positions have power because of the authority vested in their position by law. A prison guard is not a powerful man, he is simply a functionary in a position that is vested with power. There's a big difference.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't lift weights. I lift weights; i run marathons; I was a boxer from age 8 to 18, and a scholarship DI wrestler in college. I get it. I love lifting. It makes me feel good.

What I'm saying is don't confuse big muscles with power. It's a cheap form of sexual capital. It seems petty and childish to lift weights because you think it will make you appear to be more masculine. It almost seems like a type of body dysmorphia or neurosis-- it's like anorexic women.

You can take my opinion for what it's worth. I'm not advocating that anybody stop lifting if you enjoy it. Keep in mind the old adage: If it were easy everybody would do it. Every body lifts because it's easy. Getting yourself to a position where you control the lives and fortunes of other people-- that's hard, that takes real work.