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A controversial idea but it& #39;s true - the disadvantage of privilege.
This is NOT a theoretical idea; rather, it is an epidemic in a city such as London.
Let me take 2 minutes to thread my thoughts on this.
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This is NOT a theoretical idea; rather, it is an epidemic in a city such as London.
Let me take 2 minutes to thread my thoughts on this.
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Many children from wealthy households receive an expensive but & #39;poor& #39; education.
They become good at excelling in tests.
But their education is poor in the old liberal sense - it doesn& #39;t help them make sense of being thrown into the world.
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They become good at excelling in tests.
But their education is poor in the old liberal sense - it doesn& #39;t help them make sense of being thrown into the world.
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They go to university - PPE at Oxford is a well trodden path.
They gain further confidence and become even better at tests.
(I am not being dismissive - I love Oxford, and I was a postgrad there.)
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They gain further confidence and become even better at tests.
(I am not being dismissive - I love Oxford, and I was a postgrad there.)
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Then they go into law or finance and move to London.
They make a v good income and are financially fulfilled.
But they are badly lost in their private lives.
Now I want to bring in another detail - they are male. And to keep things simple, let& #39;s say they are straight.
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They make a v good income and are financially fulfilled.
But they are badly lost in their private lives.
Now I want to bring in another detail - they are male. And to keep things simple, let& #39;s say they are straight.
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Of course, this story is a story we could tell about women.
But for now I am picking on men, because they express this phenomenon best.
Let& #39;s go on.
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But for now I am picking on men, because they express this phenomenon best.
Let& #39;s go on.
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Not infrequently, these men get married early. They have children.
In their mid thirties they go through a separation.
They cheat on their partner, or their partner leaves them because she is emotionally unfulfilled.
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In their mid thirties they go through a separation.
They cheat on their partner, or their partner leaves them because she is emotionally unfulfilled.
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At this point one of two things happen to the partner.
She forms a relationship with a grounded, emotionally adjusted male.
Or, she keeps looking for one, knowing that& #39;s what she needs, but also knowing she is looking for a rare thing.
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She forms a relationship with a grounded, emotionally adjusted male.
Or, she keeps looking for one, knowing that& #39;s what she needs, but also knowing she is looking for a rare thing.
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Meanwhile, while she grows, our male heterosexual hero remains existentially lost.
He doesn& #39;t know what it means for his life to go well.
He gets a new girlfriend, 10-15 years his junior, who will herself outgrow him in 2 years.
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He doesn& #39;t know what it means for his life to go well.
He gets a new girlfriend, 10-15 years his junior, who will herself outgrow him in 2 years.
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He doesn& #39;t know what to do. He can& #39;t articulate what he feels.
If he could, no one would listen, except his ex partner.
At this point he discovers Jordan Peterson, and this is now the subject of a future thread!
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If he could, no one would listen, except his ex partner.
At this point he discovers Jordan Peterson, and this is now the subject of a future thread!
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Meanwhile, this thread ends with the following thought:
We have an epidemic of privileged men who are - actually - badly disadvantaged and lost in life.
Ps. I have heard the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre say similar things to this thread, but not in print.
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We have an epidemic of privileged men who are - actually - badly disadvantaged and lost in life.
Ps. I have heard the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre say similar things to this thread, but not in print.
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