Does red pill ideology come off as nihilistic to others?

Cordero_Biggs · 2021-08-24T09:20:47+00:00

Romantic entanglements aren't meaningless. I dont know anyone who thinks this way.

It would be easier to describe it as a hobby to which some become overly obsessed, and I believe this is the difference between red pill and others who see it as vital.

I love women, I respect women, and know that life would be terrible without them around, but I don't NEED one in my life.

I won't overlook red flags because they have a great smile, or use the same type of toothpaste as I do. I won't ignore the fact that they can get away with a lot more vindictiveness and ugliness because they're seen as the weaker sex.

Men and women both get way too caught up in finding "the one", and lose sight of making themselves happy first.

LadylikeElectricland · 2021-08-24T10:36:48+00:00

I'd say the black pill is nihilistic. The redpillers might find relations pointless (mostly because they are scared of being unlovable), but it centers its 'meaning' on the 'chase,' on having sex with as many women as possible. Most importantly, TRP is a grift that panders to misogynist men and as such has a financial interest in their romantic/sexual failures. So while I agree with you that TRP considers relationships as ultimately meaningless, I wouldn't call it 'nihilistic' because it does so for two reasons: 1. to attract a specific audience 2. to profit off this audience.

Torkolla · 2021-08-24T08:35:49+00:00

To an outsider (read; woman) it is just that. It is empty, emotionally underdeveloped people trying to interpret human relationships in a way that makes sense to their own reductive, bitter minds. The result is a sort of antithesis of what makes human society function. It is incredibly nihilistic.

tiposk · 2021-08-24T15:22:25+00:00

No, quite the contrary. This "nihilistic" view on relationships is just a self-defense mechanism to redpillers. They see them as meaningless because they failed to find the woman that would give them the kind of relationship they think they deserve. Most red piller are disillusioned tradcons at their core. If they weren't, relationships wouldn't even be part of trp discussions.

dadudenines · 2021-08-24T05:45:50+00:00

It is not an ideology. It is a praxeology.

The RP knowledge/theory is used for what purposes people want. Nihilistic, hedonistic motives dominate currently. But remember there are or were sites dedicated to a more meaningful way to deal with RP reality, see Dalrock and current RooshV. Also, many RP guys are married.

One can use the theory of evolution to create deadly viruses or breed weiner dogs. RP theory is just the best theory of gender dynamics, it is not a moral stance or ideology.

RP pisses off people who are ego invested and therefore highly reactive to any scrutiny. RP persists because it gets stronger with every criticism it must answer, it gets more refined.

The opposition is simply rationalizing in an echo chamber of similarly ego invested individuals. It does not refine itself, it just bans and cancels things.

ThePancakeJedi · 2021-08-24T21:19:36+00:00

The issue with redpill, mgtow or etc.is it is impossible to. Digest the rhetoric and not become radicalized.

Modern feminism is the same exact way. Men who partake in this much like women become less feminine and less masculine.

Thats why you saw fresh and fit turn into the beta bitch nuggets that they are.

Title	Does red pill ideology come off as nihilistic to others?
Author	Goneisthedead
Upvotes	9
Comments	16
Date	August 24, 2021 5:31 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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