Red Pill Series: Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet.

I've always been fascinated by Shakespeare's more commonly known plays. Like fairy tales, they have become timeless. But why?

This Shakespearean play is noble because sacrifice on the part of the female is relatively rare and as far as biology is concerned, makes little sense. It's no stereotype that males are usually the ones who take one for the team.

Speaking of sacrifice, true love solely based on virtues would also have been rare. There was far less free choice as far as relationships went, with the arranged marriages and all. People married early and died young compared by today's standards. Marriage would also have been overwhelmingly about children.

That Juliet loved Romeo more than life itself, more than wealth and resources that Paris would provide, just as Romeo loved Juliet is why the story has endured as a staple of Western Literature. It is a growth from crush to love, to virtuous love, to a test of love.

And of course, on top of that, there is something for everyone.

Men like Juliets because she's faithfully committed and biologically, faithful means children are more likely yours.

Women like bold and confident bad boys willing to commit to them. And like most actors cast as Romeo throughout the years, preferably handsome and cool too.

If I were to compare Romeo & Juliet to Titanic, I'd argue that Romeo & Juliet is superior because...

Titanic's tragedy is not ultimately caused by the lovers. It's just more powerful to have the star-crossed lovers do themselves in, it's simpler and more elegant.

Jack sacrifices himself. He sacrificed long-term benefits - being alive, for short-term feelings. In Eugenian terms, Jack was under confession (layman terms = "man in love"), his own free will destroyed. And confession is as sexy as slavery and zombies. Jack didn't die by cold, he drowned in love, as he was biologically and socially programmed to do. ("Women & Children first")

I guess it could be argued that Romeo also sacrificed himself, but then on one level, it's different because from his view, she was so committed to the relationship that she committed suicide. And on the second level, Romeo died of miscommunication, lack of information. Not entirely his fault, but definitely adds to the tragedy and suspense.

And of course, R&J just has more virtue, namely "have sex not war", and far deeper themes than this little post can explore. It's incredible how a play written 500 years ago is still relevant today.

If there's one thing to take away, it's to rebel against your biological programming and find others willing to do so too. On a macro scale, I believe it is an inescapable stage of human evolution.

Well, that's it for tonight. I don't even know why I'm so fascinated, I guess it's all written down above. Hope to do other Shakespeare plays too.

On Men And Women, inspired by the Sword of Truth series

*The following content is truthful as I see it. Politically correctness was not a consideration. There are also exceptions.

Remember the Terry Goodkind books I spent 2013 reading?

There was this question on the author's website that's been bothering me since I first read it 2 years ago.

 Tonight, in the shower, I think I got it.

I think it's to do with men and women.

Masculine characters are seekers or anti-seekers, Feminine characters are confessors or anti-confessors.

In layman terms,

1. 
Men are resource gatherers. There are two ways to gather resources - through natural truth, or through force, coercion and compulsion. 

In the books, the Seeker is a role with certain magical powers created by ancient wizards. The seeker's job is to ensure that human society can prosper free from immorality.
On the other hand, the anti-seekers are the evil villains which use brutal means to achieve their ends.

From the standpoint of biological reproduction, the purpose of males is to provide resources for the mother and children. Required in the gathering of resources is the correct interpretation of reality - natural truth. Like how an accountant must recognize math and arithmetic or programmers must understand algorithms and obey the rules of their programming language.

Women also like getting what they want, but their main strength is through social and bio-psychological means.

In the books, there are Confessors and Mord Sith. Confessors have the magical ability to destroy a person's free will and make them do whatever she wishes. Confessors can also tell if one is telling the truth. The power of Confessors is based on love.

Confessors make more confessors by mating with high status men. Of course, the men become confessed in the process, their minds destroyed. This is kind of tragic, because it means they cannot have sexual relations with men they really love without destroying them.

Mord Sith are the opposite of Confessors. While Confessor magic is love, Mord Sith use hate, pain and emotional manipulation to enslave.

In reality, interacting with attractive women generally leaves men cognitively impaired and less able to express free-will. And if there is any doubt as to this, well, male sexual arousal (signs such as erection) are essentially involuntary and easily triggered. On the other hand, women do not experience this effect.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-interacting-with-woman-leave-man-cognitively-impaired/

Have you ever been with some female you consider so attractive you feel like you are melting, and you need your mindpower to go for it? That's what it means.

Sometimes, long term exposure creates the stereotypical guy with a nagging wife/girlfriend which has him by the balls.

2.
Love is fundamentally emotional reactions to common values, beliefs, virtue.

The Sword of Truth series is revolves around Richard and Kahlan, who share common goals of defeating the baddies and discovering the nature of the magical world around them.

When they first realize they are in love, Kahlan realizes that they can never have sex, because that would be the end of Richard. Richard ponders for about half the book, then realizes that it actually was possible, because they already love each other so much it would make no difference whether he was confessed or not.

Love needs to be clearly defined and not confused with physical attraction, attraction to resources, but a spontaneous genuine response to common virtues. Failure to recognize this leads to disaster when the relationship is ever tested.

3.
Men do, women are.
Men select women based on her being. What is she? Does she look after herself? What's her personality? Is she kind or mean, generous or selfish, faithful or unfaithful, open or uptight, introverted or extroverted? Males start from the physical and go into the psychological, intellectual, personal qualities.

Women select men firstly based on what and how well he does. The reproductive reason needs no explanation - the young take up vast resources. Pregnancy, child-rearing are time and resource intensive. (Modern feminists may have you think otherwise, but even if one opts for childcare services, there is still increased cost.)

Richard was named a Seeker. Kahlan was born a Confessor.



If there is anything to take away from this post, it's this.

Males Seekers and female Confessors has been the natural way of things, because this strategy has worked for millions of years. But we can do better if only they...

1. Don't be "confessed".

2. Choose partners based on their virtue first and foremost. Don't settle for anything less.

3. Be sure what other people love you for. Be in-dispensable. Don't be expendable.