The Power Game

IllimitableMan · 2014-04-22T18:06:15+00:00

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vengefully_yours · 2014-04-22T18:24:56+00:00

Good article as usual, I have something to add. I'm 5'8" and yes I've had tall guys try to intimidate me, people assume they can easily fuck me up just because I'm shorter. They assume that until they notice the muscle, then they realize I am amused at their posturing and over confidence. At that point, they usually drop it, move on then talk shit to their buddies in an effort to save face.

I've never lost a fight nor wrestling match to someone taller than 6'. You see, being short I had to fight, had to learn to defend myself, and that builds confidence in your ability. Benching well north of 450lbs and the required muscle mass doesn't hurt the confidence either. I got my ass kicked almost daily for eight years, until I was sixteen, from then on nobody has managed it. I ended it the hard way, throwing beat downs on anyone who fucked with me.

All those fights, the abuse heaped on me growing up by my brother and father, then time spent in the military resulted in a mindset best described as 'the baddest mother fucker in the valley' even if I'm not, just how I walk and move exudes it. People move out of my way in public, even if they are 6'5", they move, mostly because of the body language and attitude, and probably because I'm not a 150lb wimp.

People assume tall men are dangerous, they assume smaller men are weak or helpless because they are short. You are exactly right that short men need to prove it, walk the walk, and learn to defend themselves whereas most tall guys don't. That is the main reason I am confident when threatened by a tall guy, I know my capabilities as well as his weaknesses, like being unable to stand with no feet under him. I know how to handle those situations, most often the tall guy doesn't becasuse everyone assumes they are dangerous and never really fuck with him. Thus he is an untested quantity.

We have more available than money and wit, and when it comes to self defense, stature doesn't mean shit. Training, experience, capability, and presence of mind are vastly more important. You can be arrogant because you're tall, most people will move for you. Be aware I am not unique, there are many of us out there who have been tested, got tired of the abuse/neglect and changed ourselves. We can't be taller, but we can be someone you really don't want to test.

Simply put, short men can display power that trumps stature, but he doesn't get it for free from genetics. You are spot on how it works, and what to do to take the power, and its entertaining to have huge people give up the dominant role to a man a food shorter than they are. Here's a hint, avoid wrestlers who made it to state tournaments in weight classes heavier than 150 lbs. Those guys will probably fuck you up.

IllimitableMan · 2014-04-22T16:28:45+00:00

Something of an instructive rant inspired by /u/redpillschool's post the other day. Thanks for the inspiration.

Xplicitable · 2014-04-22T18:10:08+00:00

My ethics teacher posed me the question "Can you be successful through honest means?"

I see it nigh impossible to achieve large amounts of success without manipulating scenarios. Success is not entitled, free or a present. Success is earned through action and asserting your power (bluff). The best teams in competitive sport, the most powerful people are proactive, not reactive. Waiting for everything to land in your hand is futile; it takes aggressive play to advance forward. Furthermore, as history shows through feudal empire management, commercial, economical and military success has strong correlation with distancing people as far away as individuals as possible. The closer a nation can be managed collectively like pawns on a chess board, the easier it is to achieve success. A great example is the pre industrial revolution England and post. Traditionally parliamentary seats were held by the gentry and they were the only people literate. The advent of machinery in the 19th century saw the working class require education in basic literacy to understand the instructions. Low and behold, within 100 years the government shifts towards representative democracy and the Suffragette movement emerges.

Power concepts on a macro level show how manipulation is necessary for success. There needs to be a level of delusion for progress of the top 10%, and this is what politics has favoured for centuries until the mass socialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Title	The Power Game
Author	IllimitableMan
Upvotes	26
Comments	26
Date	April 22, 2014 4:27 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/TheRedPill
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