THE POWER OF SILENCE Silence makes a man dangerous. - 6 stoic principles - (THREAD 🧵)

When they lack power, they ask for tolerance, until they are powerful enough to dominate. Then they force obedience.

People never change. They may transform, but they don’t 'change'. And transformation requires burning your old self, so a new one can rise from the ashes. This is the only way.

How to be a 'People Pleaser': • seek their validation • always be available • delay your plans • never say no You’ll be their bitch.

Optimists hope for the best. Pessimists expect the worst. Clinging to optimism blinds you. Drowning in pessimism paralyzes you. Realists see things as they are. (Not how their emotions color them.) Be a realist, accept what is, act accordingly.

One of the most black pilling or red pilling (depending on how you look at it) revelations in politics and political commentary is that loyalty, integrity, and kindness rarely wins. Connections, power, money, and vocality is what gets the attention and leads to influence.

Three books I’ll give my son: The 48 Laws of Power - so he becomes powerful. The Bible - so he becomes virtuous. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - so he becomes stoic & mindful. I’ll raise him to be a modern Warrior.

As a man, you should be able to fix basic things, like changing a tire, fix a lack etc. (I don’t care how much $$ you make.)

Fathers are the first ones to blame. But in order to take responsibility you need authority to begin with (child custody). And they never blame single moms who raise their sons as pussies and their daughters as hoze.

Generally speaking, people prioritize: (in this order) 1) Social Acceptance 2) Comfort & Pleasure 3) Money People will sacrifice pleasure and spend money to gain social belonging. Even if money or pleasure is on the table, social approval comes first.

Tommy | ⚔️Warrior’s Path⚔️ I agree with this 100% Let’s go even further: - Some basic knowledge of electric work - Welding - Woodworking - some agriculture or livestock farming Basically any skill necessary to survive in a self sufficient way.