You can either be happy or you can be free.

KeffirLime · 2019-09-15T21:33:10+00:00

Swallowing the red pill is a lot like finding out Santa Clause isn’t real. Christmas can never be the same again.

The trade off is empowerment. You understand how it works, you see the truth and it loses its control over you. Christmas can then become whatever you want it to be.

The reason that it is often at odds with happiness is because most people will blissfully continue to embrace the lie while you distance yourself from it and embrace the truth. It forces you onto an isolated path, away from the people you love and care about.

Most people won’t ever be able to give up the lie, because they’re not strong enough to, they rely on it like they rely on oxygen. If you try and wake them up from up it they’ll distance themselves from you, because you’re trying to distance them from what gives them purpose.

This leaves you in a position where the only way to still maintain close relationships is to play a role, to somewhat live the lie as a means to an end. To still show up at Christmas even though you know it’s a farce.

Lateralanouncer · 2019-09-15T23:08:10+00:00

“Anger is the catalyst for great change” love this quote and totally agree with it. We become angry with ourselves when we know we can be and do better.

Dimenzije90 · 2019-09-15T18:54:12+00:00

Happines isn't the destination it's the journey, but to be on a journey you have to move.

Never settle down guys, always push for greater things.

ManicMuffin2 · 2019-09-16T06:46:50+00:00

Never mistake the ability to do whatever you want with the ability to be happy.

Freedom means you can conquer the world, reshaping your destiny however you see fit. It also means that you could die cold and alone, by the side of a highway with a needle in your arm.

Freedom is the idea that you shouldn't be chained, that you are your own master. But it's not an idea that promises you'll ever be a good master.

DeepProphet · 2019-09-15T19:19:24+00:00

You will never know in the moment if a painful experience is bad or good. You will only know if it was good after months or years later when you look back on it and see the path it put you on. You get to choose the good that comes of your failures, and the first step is by learning from them and taking action.

huggyblossom · 2019-09-16T13:07:54+00:00

Oh you can be happy if you set little dopamine goals. I loved collecting achievements in 2008-2009 WoTLK in WoW and use this up to today in personal live.

Bench pressing 100 lb and you want to be able to bench press 200, set goals of 110,120,130,140 and etc. and salute yourself on each successful checkpoint.

Can't talk to girls and no dates - talk to 10 girls and expect 0 dates, talk to 25 girls and expect 1 date, again goals with dopamine boost.

When you get used to this the next thing to tackle (in my case at least) is to make the activity regular - I hate going 6 days out of 7 to the gym, but I know I HAVE to be there and get my training and get the pump going. Once in the gym I feel happy, the whole process wired to live easy and be lazy is the problem.

Haytch1234 · 2019-09-16T03:33:44+00:00

Fuck. This resonates with me so much especially with what I am currently going through.

I have always been aggressive. Just an angry guy. And I would say Im a workaholic. Im 27 now and I still have a vision of wanting my freedom and time. So Im working my ass off now to save money for investments and looking at further schooling to eventually get a high paying job and eventualky go into business for myself.

I decided to delay real estate investing as I dont want to be a slave to the bank.

I currently work a day job . But I cannoth fathom how people do this for 30 years. Its not I dont want to work. I love work. But I want the power of choice and leverage. Getting into business in an in demand industry so I hold better negotiating power when it comes to dealing with clients is invaluable. I would also be able to set my own schedule.

The freedom and time is invaluable to me. Im currently not happy with my situation. My.job is shit and entry level. I could progress or get jobs that pay better but I did not eant to get comfortable with the money. So I kept up with the minimum wage and cut spending so I dont get complacent. Its worked so far. Its tough but ai love being challenged.

ntvirtue · 2019-09-16T14:27:22+00:00

Happiness is an emotion it comes and goes.....pursue happiness as an end and you will wind up just like women who live on the CC and cant understand logic or reason.

notadaddy · 2019-09-21T05:51:23+00:00

It’s tough. When I quit my job (a good one, no problems, just no freedom) it took one year for the dust to settle and cut of all strings from life in the states, I.e, no more bills, put all my artwork and gear in storage, no more house , car safely put away, but once all that was handled? FREEDOM.

Now I’m in Thailand since June working on my own stuff and my friends back home who are playing it safe? Working no-future job in a position they are more likely stuck at.

Now, I’m on my way, don’t know where, but life is sure a lot more exciting from the minute I wake up.

For those of you making excuses, well, just know that’s all they are. Even though I’m about a year and a half in, I still have a long way to go to where I want to be.

Sacrifices become easier when you start cutting out the bullshit, including excuses, from your life.

BurnoTaurus · 2019-09-15T17:40:31+00:00

So we establish that the "happiness" presented by global capitalist egalitarian hegemony is a false happiness intended to enure you to a sytem that has you willfully enslave yourself under the guise of freedome and happiness

And you still wish to conclude that you can only either be happy or free?

You're right that happiness isnt the goal to aim at, but the satisfaction that comes as a byproduct of constantly moving toward a clearer and clearer understanding of what it means to be free, and the process by which a man might construct for himself all possible machinations of freedom...

LordCheezIttt · 2019-09-17T02:20:35+00:00

Sounds like you've visited the dark side.

ScooopWoopScoup · 2019-09-18T12:03:02+00:00

Good read. Like an emphasis on being content, except read as happy.

I think content would have been a better word, because people who are content lie to themselves and say they are happy.

But like you said true "happiness" is challenging yourself, being challenged, and not allowing other people to walk all over you.

So it is possible to be happy, which kind of makes the post backwards, but I get it.

A_Edgelord · 2019-09-15T18:52:12+00:00

Was this before or after your dad died in your arms, using his last breath to commend you on being redpilled? (check this guy's post history, he's the new captaincringeworthy)

Title	You can either be happy or you can be free.
Author	WarriorMonkMode
Upvotes	137
Comments	39
Date	September 15, 2019 5:30 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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