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One of the most hideously destructive ideas in all of human history is the concept of hereditary monarchy and we’re still dealing with it today. But there are other ideas of incredible stupidity and mindlessness wandering about in search of a home amongst the foolish.

So, that brings us to hegemonic masculinity, the idea that only high testosterone males are capable of discerning truth. I feel very uncomfortable even writing that sentence. It is such a pathetic idea. It is roughly comparable to the governance of the alien race in the cartoon, Invader Zim, where status was determined solely by height.

I once explained to my class the lure of being in the Klu Klux Klan. You join the organization. You rise in the morning and you look in the mirror. And you can go back to bed. Why? Because everything is done. Everything is accomplished. You are a member of the Anglo-Saxon race. All culture and art flow from the blood in your veins. You are number one. There is no work, no thought, no effort. You are perfect. That’s the allure. Just like every other lunatic body of thought, the first impulse is the denial of the simple fact that we achieve by effort.

You see this over and over again. “What we are right now is wonderful.” In actual life, we become by learning, actively thinking and having experiences. That’s it. Beliefs that shortcut the route of actual effort are a dime a dozen and all of them are ridiculous. And so we come to this nonsense and to no one’s surprise, people who consider themselves high testosterone males originated this “concept.”

And Elon Musk has embraced it. Just a thought – if I were trying to run a business selling things like cars, I might keep my more controversial thoughts to myself. But, of course, that might require a certain level of humility. I would assume if all your underlings mutter quietly about you being a sort of a business demi-god striding the earth, I might acquire over time a very high opinion of myself and issue the occasional proclamation of my wisdom to the ignorant masses.

And here we have one of those proclamations. High testosterone males good, everyone else bad. Wow! What level of thinking do you think that is? Does it rank as high as grade school? I doubt it.

We have enough craziness to deal with without looney billionaires with visions of testosterone generated critical thinking dancing in their heads.

I personally have embraced enlightenment thought and democratic ideals. And that means that to establish worth I have to achieve it by thinking, experiencing and accomplishing. it is often hard. But real life and real achievement demand what is difficult.

James Alan Pilant