RamynKing Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 I'm a recent but passionate Ancap convert since January. 100% Stefan-Induced. After watching tons of his videos, and starting to keep up with the podcast, I've started dipping into these forums. The forums are great! You people are great. This might be the only oasis of rationality on the internet. If anyone from my area wants to get together for deep discussions and refreshments, I'm game.
dsayers Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 100% Stefan-Induced. How dare you! Stef has done a lot to help a lot of people. But if you're willing to shirk the narrative and accept the truth, I would argue that that is 100% YOU-induced. What do you think?
RamynKing Posted June 18, 2016 Author Posted June 18, 2016 Hmm! OK there is definitely a percentage to derive here. One amazing thing that he did was sort of "power-level" me, for lack of a non-gamer metaphor. I think since about 2005 I'd been taking in free market ideas. And then got into rand. and alex Jones stuff. I supported Ron Paul based on Constitutionalist and economic policies. I think this loose conglomeration of decent ideas was unsustainable in the face of leftist ideology in my peer groups. I lacked a solid philosophy from which to derive my convictions. I was always of the opinion that I was street smarty enough not to need any philosophy education. The noise from the left became great enough that I ended up tuning out politically for a number of years. Strangely it was my quest to better understand women that brought me back. I went from Pua stuff to redpill stuff and eventually YouTube started suggesting Stefan videos. The German rape crisis was my first one. His videos quickly changed everything for me. He somehow brought all my previous notions together in one fell swoop. So I guess my point is, I'm not sure how perpetual my floundering would have been had Stefan not fell on me like an anvil of reason. That.. was a lot of hoopla!
dsayers Posted June 19, 2016 Posted June 19, 2016 I can understand that. In fact, I can sympathize. I too was one of the ones that kind of had the right idea but never understood it or knew how to put it into words. So once I found Stef, things became so much easier for me. Based on what I've read, we are in the minority. Most people who find this stuff, it makes their lives HARDER. Still, it DOES make our lives harder. Most of the narratives that serve to enslave us are momentum of the past. There are a LOT of people who have been exposed to the truth and reject it. Even if they understand it's true. Because they are afraid of how others with view/treat them for going against that momentum. People like us are still very courageous for taking on that burden. For this reason, I still say that you get the credit. Ever hear that old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink? The horse does the drinking. YOU did the accepting of the truth. Was there anybody in your history who would've benefited from you not praising yourself, celebrating yourself, and/or taking credit for the positive things you've done for yourself?
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