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>>16531546
>NOOOOOOOO!!!! MY FAVORITE ACTORS AND WRITERS ARE DEAD! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE!!!!!

How high is the possibility of us seeing a neo-hippie revival after materialism-induced stress in society reaches a boiling point? Where do you see the contemporary scene go in a decade or two?

>>14735329
Drunk on a cocktail of social media technology and hyper capitalism, the
fussiness of women and expectations of social performance are at an all time high.

Meanwhile in a frenzy of hermitesque gaming fantasy escapism, actual male social performance is at an all time low.

The net result is an insurmountable chasm between expectation and performance which is resulting in the complete alienation at a societal level of the non-elite male sexual agent.

The response from these males has been a something akin to the Marcusian "Great Refusal", where instead of rising to meet these unrealistic social expectations, the common male agent is utterly refusing them as false and not aligned with their personal desires whatsoever.

In a clash between the manufacturing of a hypersexualized male product meant to capture that adoration and material consumption of the female agent, and the actual reality males find themselves living in, there seems to be a rebellion developing in what exactly it means to be a man in this new age of internet living; one where you can either consume self improvement products and identities at a dizzying pace, only to probably miss the ever moving target of market driven female expectations, or resign yourself completely to a sexless and recognitionless existence as a cyber exile separated from any access to his sexuality whatsoever outside of his own consumption of pornographic products and toys.

This, however, will never fulfill the needs of either party, for recognition from a legitimate other. Alienation will intensify for both types of sexual agent, as their one way consumption of sexual products has capitalist social media and pornographic companies absorbing their much coveted recognition and attention, rather than sharing it with one another

>this thread

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>>14034619
So you want him to pull a pic related?

>hate capitalism's all-devouring, all-destroying nature, and the way it pervades the very fabric of 21st century life
>hate marxism

Is there a third way? What is a man supposed to do in this situation?

My diary, desu

Unjust rulers, lack of virtue, the failure of the enlightenment.

To expand on OPs original point, it's impssible to create a consistent ontology from determinism. If everything that exist, exists becuase a prior cause, then that leads to an infinite regress, which is impossible as showed by my previous argument, or it could be circular, but then how did this circle begin to exist? A circular universe would be a necessary being, meaning that hard determinism is false. No wonder we have discovered that the universe is based on probability.

>>13804176
So this... is the power... of the white male... whoa.

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>>13580419
I don't think he destroyed philosophy. Rather he steered us into the shoals hoping that something interesting would come out of it (Pro-Tip: It didn't).

Nietzsche's "Uberman" never materialized and instead we got the perfect "Bugman"; the exact opposite of what he could've ever wanted.
No will. No soul. Pure slave.
All necessities provided. All anxieties tranquilized. All boredom amused.

>>13574155
So a consumer product?
More soi?

>>13558055
I think metaphysics will regain favor as consumers will start realistically believing in the fictional realities they consume.
An informal philosophy will emerge where Harry Potter's reality exists somewhere "out there", along with the Star Wars universe, Marvel, etc.
Pop Culture will morph into a type of new age religion; corporations will make a lot of money from this. Purveyors of pop culture will be the new high priests and "commune", producing sacred works of regarding these worlds.
The soi will flow with the tears of millions of soulless losers.