David Mamet, celebrated playwright, dropping some red pill truth

Grainslol · 2014-03-14T16:53:42+00:00

“A healthy society helps a young man or woman matriculate. It says, ‘Off you go into something in which you’ll be judged.’ Then, the fear of matriculation is gradually replaced by the physical memory of accomplishment. So, little by little, it gets easier.”

This was my favorite line. This is why you shouldn't sit around and smoke pot all day and play xbox. You will cave in. You have to go accomplish. One of the articles on the front page is about male insecurity. The remedy to male insecurity is personal accomplishment.

RPstudent · 2014-03-14T14:53:42+00:00

Of particular note:

Christopher Hitchens writes in his memoir that his mother taught him, “There is nothing worse than boring people.” The worst sin, therefore, of America’s slouch into slovenliness might be that it creates a culture of boredom.

Less drive, aggression, and energy lead to less excitement, fun, and variety. If there is one element of life that should forever live with immunity to boredom it is sexuality, yet America has managed, against all the odds, to make sex boring. Pop culture’s predictable vulgarity, along with young Americans’ rejection of romance and fear of intimacy, leads to laughable events like “Sex Week”, a sexually instructive and controversial event that takes place annually at college campuses across the country.

Takeaway: by being dynamic, aggressive, and driven you will fill your life with more excitement, fun and variety. That's your work life, your social life, your sex life. Up your inner game, and do not be boring.

I'll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite Mamet characters, Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross:

Go and do likewise gents. Money's out there. You pick it up, it's yours. You don't, I got no sympathy for you.

*edit - had a semi-colon in "that's" rather than an apostrophe

heist_of_saint_graft · 2014-03-14T16:53:27+00:00

“I remember as a young man looking at my father, a successful businessman, and thinking, ‘I don’t know anything. How am I going to matriculate into society and become self-reliant?’” Mamet said. “A healthy society helps a young man or woman matriculate. It says, ‘Off you go into something in which you’ll be judged.’ Then, the fear of matriculation is gradually replaced by the physical memory of accomplishment. So, little by little, it gets easier.”

It is the well-intentioned, but destructive attempt to assuage the fear of matriculation, and the lack of incentive to prove one’s worth, competence, and skill, that have created a culture of conformity, weakness, and banality. “If one tries to save the young from the rigors and traumas of life, you’re saving them from life,” Mamet said.

Excellent share. Mamet is one of my five all-time favorite writers. Check out his plays "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" and "Oleanna" for some RedPill gems.

RPstudent · 2014-03-14T15:54:58+00:00

Glad I read through that. One of the best articles I've read in a while.

RPstudent · 2014-03-14T15:42:57+00:00

David Mamet worked on The Shield, which is a Shakespearean tale of dark triad cop Vic Mackey. I'd highly recommend The Shield as a RP show.

nyrp · 2014-03-14T17:17:44+00:00

It is the well-intentioned, but destructive attempt to assuage the fear of matriculation, and the lack of incentive to prove one’s worth, competence, and skill, that have created a culture of conformity, weakness, and banality. “If one tries to save the young from the rigors and traumas of life, you’re saving them from life,” Mamet said.

I would want to train my children to grow up to prove their worth and be worthy. What Mamet is talking about here is a frighteningly popular viewpoint. All the moreso because it does seem well-intentioned. But it is a motherly good intention that needs a fatherly push to be rightly balanced.

MrMontage · 2014-03-14T21:04:33+00:00

On the topic of RP playwrights, Donald Margulies touches on a lot of RP ideas in his play "Dinner With Friends" - an incredible quick read.

nyrp · 2014-03-14T17:36:21+00:00

when your country is doing what all great civilizations have done, which is to try to use its wealth to eradicate human nature.

feminism, gay marriage, etc.

Title	David Mamet, celebrated playwright, dropping some red pill truth
Author	RPstudent
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Date	March 14, 2014 2:47 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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