One of the most universal ideals of manliness is self reliance or independence. I’ve been shocked how the “manosphere” has convinced its followers that the best way to be manly is to depend on large petroleum companies for one of your most important consumables…instead of generating your own electricity.
Preppers are out there setting up offgrid arrays with massive battery banks to “survive the coming fall of civilization”. I think there is a significant overlap between manosphere people and preppers, but I don’t know how the preppers reconcile this of self generation hypocrisy with the rest of the the manosphere.
One of the most universal ideals of manliness is self reliance or independence. I’ve been shocked how the “manosphere” has convinced its followers that the best way to be manly is to depend on large petroleum companies for one of your most important consumables…instead of generating your own electricity.
Preppers are out there setting up offgrid arrays with massive battery banks to “survive the coming fall of civilization”. I think there is a significant overlap between manosphere people and preppers, but I don’t know how the preppers reconcile this of self generation hypocrisy with the rest of the the manosphere.
See also: “rolling coal” is manly. Riding a bike using your own manly body to propel you is weak and “gay”.