While some others seem to be trying to turn MGTOW into a movement and seek brotherhood, many other MGTOW , myself included, truly believe that solitude is a gift. I didn't see it that way when I was younger but now that I'm older I have come to love the fact that I never really fit in anywhere, was always on the fringe, and as such, I didn't have much of my life subconsciously defined by other people through groupthink and trying to fit in, unlike most people.

Anyway, onto the poem: it is read by Charles Bukowski himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gifEn61dZBc

The Genius Of The Crowd

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average

human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it

and the best at hate are those who preach love

and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god those who preach peace do not have peace

those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers

beware the knowers

beware those who are always reading books

beware those who either detest poverty

or are proud of it

beware those quick to praise

for they need praise in return

beware those who are quick to censor

they are afraid of what they do not know

beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone

beware the average man the average woman

beware their love, their love is average seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred

there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you

to kill anybody

not wanting solitude not understanding solitude they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own

not being able to create art

they will not understand art

they will consider their failure as creators

only as a failure of the world

not being able to love fully

they will believe your love incomplete

and then they will hate you

and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond like a knife like a mountain like a tiger like hemlock their finest art

Book:

Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski