The Warrior Philosopher

The Stranger is a beautiful book that describes Camu's Existentialist and Absurdist philosophy. This is what I got out of the book, let me know your own thoughts on it as well in the comments.

I’ll do a more in depth video on the Myth of Sisyphus in the future, this is my quick summary within 60 seconds…

11th Episode of the Warrior Philosopher Podcast, a look at the impact of Consumerism on Masculinity and the Philosophy of Fight Club with Brandon Williamson, This episode was recorded on July 2, 2023 almost 4 months ago but didn't upload properly at the time. Time stamps - 0:00 Consumerism and Masculinity 44:36 Philosophy of Fight Club

Part 3 of 7 on being a better man.

Part 1 of 7 on being a better man.

I'm going to be away on a deployment for the next 3 months, I'm excited for the opportunity to travel, read in my free time, and hopefully write a bit as well. I can't wait to share everything I've learned when I return. Good bye for now, until next time! (In the mean time, 4 videos are scheduled to be uploaded, thank you all for the support! It means the world)

Musashi’s 17th Principle of the Dokkodo is “Do not fear death” in the Book of 5 Rings he says, “Generally speaking, the Way of the Warrior is resolute acceptance of death.” I provide my thoughts sparked by his words on the matter of death. Death is natural and inevitable, it is neither good nor bad, what makes a death good or bad is the manner of life we lived before we die, and how we die.

Original video: https://youtu.be/aTi_2Fozvrs

Today I discuss the complex Philosophy of acclaimed Japanese writer Yukio Mishima in his book Sun and Steel, an account of his experience bodybuilding, practicing martial arts, and writing. Timestamps - 0:00 Intro to Mishima's Life 3:59 Corrosive Nature of Words 6:31 Necessity for Sun 7:16 Steel and Bodybuilding 8:51 Weak jealousy of the Heroes/Strong, Nietzsche's Ressentiment 11:40 Mishima on Physical vs Mental Experience 14:02 Overcoming Pain and Suffering 15:43 Courage and Awareness of Death 18:48 Art and Action 21:41 Dying Beautifully 24:43 Shared Suffering 27:06 Mishima on Martial Arts 30:07 Kamikaze Pilots 32:28 Mishima F104 Fighter Jet Flight 38:32 Mishima's Death as a final expression of his Art 42:02 Greek Tragedy to Aesopian Fables 43:17 Sun and Steel foreshadowing his Death

Musashi and Nietzsche on why it isn’t good to be resentful of others. Ressentiment is the hatred one harbors towards another who they envy do to having or being able to do things the resentful individual cannot. While it is easy to complain about our lack of success and blame it on others, even if it’s true, it won’t change anything. Only we can change our lives for the better. It is better to be a Warrior rather than a Victim.

On this episode Jared and I discussed the shift from Pre-Enlightenment Metaphysical Hierarchies based on Divine right to rule, Power and Martial Prowess to Post-Enlightenment Egalitarian rooted Economic Social Hierarchies of Liberalism and the Class abolitionism of Marxism. We also discuss the deterioration of art and innovation in a consumer society. Podcast link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2106537/episodes/13014805 Time stamps - 0:00 Intro, Metaphysical Social Hierarchies, Origin Myths, Divine Right to Rule 7:57 End of Japanese Shogunate 11:34 American Enlightenment, Puritan Tradition, Protestant Reformation, Loss of Papal Authority, Holy Roman Empire 15:35 Metaphysical connection to Social Hierarchies 22:53 Toyotomi Hideyoshi 24:03 Normans, Norse Vikings 27:16 Anti-Feudalistic Movements, Chinese Revolutions 29:05 Enlightenment sparking Social change internationally through Free Market Economics, Origins of Liberalism 34:36 Puritan Education Tradition in America and new political class, Northern and Southern States development and conflict, Slaveries Socio-Economic Impact 49:14 Enlightenment Egalitarianism and Marxism 56:50 Animal Farm’s critique of Communism/Marxism, Analogy to Soviet Union + Marx/Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1:01:48 Steel man/devils advocate for Communism/Marxism, Anarchism and Libertarianism 1:08:09 What is a Bank? Having one person to blame in Government 1:12:11 Rise of Great men, Napoleon and Grand Titles 1:19:12 Caesar Figures, Russian Wars 1:22:10 Russia’s Economy and Military 1:24:58 Nietzsche on hierarchies being inherent in man, Economic Aristocracy hierarchies creating weakness/decadence 1:26:39 Metaphysical Social Hierarchies rooted in Martial Prowess 1:29:22 Consumer Societies restrict Human innovation, Socio-economic influences of Slavery, North vs South 1:31:37 Suffering breeds innovation, Consumer Societies create weakness/decadence through prosperity/comfort 1:35:00 Consumer Products 1:36:35 Great Art is a reflection Nature and the Times, Consumer Art is Mediocre and insignificant 1:39:54 Balancing Order and Chaos in Music, Connecting Art to the human spirit, Consumer Music, Remakes of Films 1:44:30 Great Art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable 1:47:23 Pre-Enlightenment Metaphysical Social Hierarchies based on Capability and Martial Prowess 1:49:27 Art appealing to mediocrity 1:51:38 Race Swapping Cleopatra 1:53:34 Chad Augustus Caesar 1:55:14 Reenacting Cleopatra’s Death 1:56:56 Wrapping things up

Further analysis into the 1st Principle of Miyamoto Musashi’s Dokkodo, Accept everything just the way it is…

Hey everyone, today I'll be discussing Nietzsche's Master and Slave morality as discussed in his book the Genealogy of Morals. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 7:10 Master and Slave Morality 13:43 Master Morality 15:12 Slave Morality 17:33 Evil in Judeo-Christianity 23:18 Paganism as Master Morality 25:19 Nietzsche admiration of the Old Testament and Tragedy, Critique of Socratism 28:12 Military to Economic Social Hierarchy 30:22 Creditor and Debtor 32:48 Masters abusing Slave Morality 35:33 Divisions in the Catholic Church, Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation 37:42 Ressentiment 40:58 Enlightenment and the growth of Economic Social Hierarchies 42:33 Liberalism and Marxism 46:05 Nietzsche contra Marxism 48:12 Ressentiment analyzed 51:30 Treating vs Curing Ressentiment 54:38 God's vengeance on injustice 55:46 Slave Morality as a reaction to a hostile external world 56:30 Conclusion

Time stamps - 1:55 The Necessity of Pain and Suffering to further Human Innovation 2:27 Spartan technological stagnation due to Helot Slave population Agriculture 5:08 Disease/sanitation in big cities, Plumbing and medicine 8:16 Technological Dark Age, Fall of Rome loss of technology (Plumbing, Brain Surgery) 13:17 When Survival is easy, Life is comfortable 14:47 Schopenhauer’s Will to Life, Survival in the State of Nature 15:47 Seeking pleasure/Hedonism/easy life breeds weakness 18:16 Sacrifice drives human society 19:44 Living in a safe prosperous bubble, Ignoring the reality/suffering of the world 21:18 Hard times create strong men 23:30 Strong men (Barbarians) overtake Weak men (Romans) 24:12 Brief History of Rome, Punic Wars, Carthage 25:38 Roman Republic Citizen Volunteer Army (Hastati) 26:18 Marius Reforms, Professional Army, Roman Legion 28:05 Corrupt Republican Bureaucracy, Patrician vs Plebeians 28:32 Rise of Julius Caesar, Fall of Roman Republic 29:45 Triumvirate, Augustus Caesar, Founding of the Roman Empire 31:09 Golden Age of Rome, 5 Good Emperors 34:42 Dependance on Foreign Auxiliaries, Parallels to Machiavelli 36:40 Responsibility to be capable of War, Threat of Violence creates Peace 39:45 Morality, Social Progress/Woke culture, Parallels to Christianity in Rome 41:23 Social Progressivism and Christianity being used as an excuse by the Weak 42:48 Christian Warrior Kings, Charles Martel defeating Moorish Invaders 44:44 Fake Christianity and Social Progressives 47:09 Christianity, taking on the suffering of the world 48:24 Modern man’s fear of exceptionalism 49:13 Denial of Reality, Our Enemies want to kill us, Defending our families 50:22 Economic Machine, Consumerism/Materialism, Hyper Capitalism 54:19 Social Media for Consumption 55:16 Economic Man, Western Man, Nietzsche’s Last Man 55:52 Faustian Spirit of the West, Endless land, The New World (American Exploration) Space Exploration/Colonialism 58:12 Barbaric Virile Ambitious Man, 58:50 Seeking/Simulating Suffering, Working out, Martial Arts, Sports 59:29 Creating a better world from a position of Strength 59:59 Acknowledging evolutionary biology, Human nature, Hyper stimuli/mind numbing distractions 1:01:16 Maintaining our power, Combating our rivals 1:02:20 Staying Strong, Defending what we have and our way of lives 1:02:41 Western Civilization vs New Powers (BRICS) 1:03:06 Weak vs Strong men, Seeking more, Ambition vs comfort 1:03:47 Preparing for War before it’s too late 1:04:22 The Western Spirit, Warrior Spirit 1:07:02 Conclusion, Summarizing the Video

Original video: https://youtu.be/UDBNZKOjCQ8

My interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi’s teachings in order to live like a Warrior in the modern world. 5 lessons pulled from his works, the Dokkodo and Book of 5 Rings. Time stamps - 0:06 1. Don’t live your life seeking superficial happiness in the form of pleasure 2:40 2. Don’t limit yourself to one style or belief system 4:54 Don’t determine your worth off the value of your possessions 7:34 Do not fear death 10:11 Train constantly

Musashi tells us the Warriors is the twofold path of pen and sword, and he must have a taste for both ways. Essentially we must be Warrior Philosophers, both strong and wise.

People often are confused by the analogy that is often made to the Matrix. With many "Manosphere" and conspiracy theorists adopting the Matrix analogy for their benefit, I thought I'd provide my interpretation which I believe to be correct. Time stamps 0:00 Intro - The Matrix Film 3:26 The Matrix Analogy 4:14 Banks - Loans and Credit 8:14 Fight Club Movie Gods and Rockstars 9:28 Competitive Job Market 11:35 Controlling Public Opinion, ESG 16:52 Corporations Environmentalism 18:24 Ukraine War - Military Industrial Complex 24:16 Media Distractions from real issues 26:14 CBDC, Digitization of Currency 28:04 BRICS, US losing allies to China 30:27 Saudi Arabia, OPEP, Oil Prices 32:40 Consumerism and Materialism 33:16 Child Labor Lithium in Congo for IPhone batteries 36:17 Media pushing specific narratives 36:44 Republicans and Democrats both serve the Rich, Economic Elite 37:50 Seek real news 38:31 Modern day McCarthyism, Leftwing Social Progressivism 40:11 Creating a Hive Mind through Social Media, Free Speech Censorship, De-platforming 42:03 Digitization of Currency - Economic control over the people 42:52 Fight Club, Economic Man, Identity, Jünger on Sacrifice 44:14 Economic identity in hyper capitalism, Consumption as expression 46:23 Material distractions, Pleasure and Hyper Stimuli 47:18 Schopenhauer’s Will to Life 48:29 Nietzsche Last Man 49:30 Matrix justifies action using morality, Nietzsche Will to Power Beyond Good and Evil 51:04 Modern Masculinity, Decline of Men, What is a man? 52:24 Uncomfortable realities, Matrix losing power 53:07 Fight Club, Escape the Matrix

Today we discussed the philosophy and psychology behind the nature of man and its roots in early human history. We discuss the proper balance between factors of order and chaos in order to maintain the stability of a State and lead individuals towards fulfillment in life. We go on many tangents and still have a lot to discuss in the upcoming part 2. Podcast link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2106537/episodes/12565524 0:00 Intro 1:38 Dionysian: Man’s Animalistic Drive, Chaos 6:11 Evolutionary Psychology: Hunter Gatherers, Agricultural Revolution, Modernity 16:38 Early Intellectuals: Priestly/Shaman Class, Early Religion, Gatekeeping Knowledge 24:12 Pleasure: Overindulgence of basic survival necessities, Moral decadence 32:55 Possessions: Metric of human value, Shopping rooted in gathering, Division of labor 40:29 Variations of social hierarchies 42:26 Female attractiveness in relation to child bearing 44:33 The need for Order to balance Chaos 46:14 Man's relationship with Violence 48:02 Child molestation from positions of authority, Pedophilia in ancient Greece 51:24 Socrates’ refusal to sleep with his students, Socratic contribution to the Death of Tragedy 53:06 Moral development/technological advancement, Civil War/abolition of slavery 58:17 Colonialism, Settlers from Britain: Canada, Australia, America 1:00:59 Suffering as a catalyst for innovation, Comfort/convenience leading to decadence 1:02:08 Too much Order in a State: Communism, Free Market and Chaos 1:06:19 Communism: Cuban doctor makes less than a Taxi driver 1:08:32 Division of Labour, Too much free market chaos 1:11:26 Order, Communism/Feudalism Political Bureaucracy, no social mobility 1:14:41 Organic incentivization, Promoting population growth 1:19:04 Order containing Chaos, Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, Wisdom and Nature 1:24:08 Fight Club, Masculinity: A healthy relationship with Violence 1:27:02 Society looking down on healthy violence, Fighting and boyhood 1:29:03 Escalation of force, Threat of violence, Masculine interactions 1:34:09 Cultural relation to Order and Chaos, China and America 1:35:15 Origins of America, Christian Puritans: Apollonian Individuals, Unified culture 1:41:55 Multiculturalism: Expansion of Government/Laws to mediate cultural divides 1:44:04 Italian/Sicilian Mafia, Lucky Luciano, WW2 American invasion of Sicily 1:45:32 Cultural assimilation, Unifying cultural/religious differences, Middle-East and Islam 1:50:02 Imperial identity, Rome, Great Britain 1:51:22 Tiers of Identity, Catholicism/Papal Authority in Europe 1:53:18 Napoleon crowned Emperor by the Pope 1:55:10 Cultural/custom, China’s Authoritarian/Imperial History, Russia 1:58:52 Disguised Authoritarianism, Anglo-European Protestant Political Elite 2:00:46 JFK, Catholics in America, CIA files, Waldorf Astoria Secret society speech 2:01:31 Frankfurt School and the CIA, Critical Theory, Fascism: State interference 2:05:28 Anti-Semetism, Conspiracy Theories, Anglo-Protestant prejudice against Irish Catholics 2:12:20 Censoring Hate speech gives them legitimacy 2:14:46 Free Speech, Censorship/deplatforming, Nazi’s censoring speech 2:18:42 Canada turning authoritarian, Censoring free speech 2:21:49 Hitler/Nazis seizing power, Reichstag fire, Enabling act, Night of Long Knives 2:25:04 Snowball of banning free speech, Summary of Podcast 2:32:38 Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Historical background, Oppression of Jews 2:36:25 Each country fighting for their interest: America, Israel, Russia, Ukraine 2:38:05 Palestinian ethnic background, Sea peoples, Phonecians, Zionism 2:40:36 Nuance of Good and Evil, Power based morality, Deontology and Consequentialism 2:42:55 Evil rooted in ignorance, Pure ideologues 2:45:16 Realism (International Relations), Realpolitik, Power, Machievalliansim 2:49:20 Origins of Audio recording, Civil War participants, Different perspectives 2:52:05 Escape the Matrix, Words that have lost meaning: Red Pill, Woke 2:53:50 Conclusion

Escaping the Matrix through Nietzsche’s 3 Stages of Life, Self awareness and contemplation, and the path to becoming a free thinker.

Jordan Peterson interviewing 2024 Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and other political ponderings. Join the discord server to call in. 17:24 Organically creating a culture of Duty, Exodus: Order and Chaos, Apollonian and Dionysian 24:53 Sacrificing Freedom for Duty to Collective Group 27:15 Organizations/Corporations purpose 29:14 Ukraine War, Military Industrial Complex 31:39 Imperial Identity, Moral Justifications for War 37:23 Does having public Moral justification allow more clandestine operations/bending the rules 40:34 Troubleshooting audio 44:00 Continued Moral justification with clandestine/bending the rules 46:20 China vs American Imperial identity, Public relations, National building etc. 58:35 Homeless Person donation Analogy, Expectation vs Reality, Intention 1:06:019 Video resumes 1:29:49 Video ends, Game of Chess with Steuart 1:44:56 Attempting Knight and Bishop Checkmate 1:58:39 Watching Captain Sinbad’s Rise of Weak Men video 2:02:16 Larger vs Small Army level of Camaraderie 2:04:10 Video resumes 2:05:38 Masculinity rooted in Biology, Evolution hasn’t caught up to Technological/Social Advancement, Schopenahuer’s Will to Life 2:10:34 Humans seek order, overindulgence in pleasure, Schopenahuer’s Will to Life, using natural masculine energy to be productive, mental health issues/depression 2:14:14 Societies/Empires/Civilizations grow decadent, Moral decay, Why people born into comfort have difficulty succeeding, meeting predecessors expectations, Alexander the Great, Rome 2:17:24 Suffering is necessary for innovation, Innovation is now geared towards consumption 2:19:28 Wealth/Making money vs Real innovation, Impacting History, True Success, Greatness 2:24:53 Video resumes 2:30:29 Mastery, Traditional Masculinity, Subjectivity vs Objectivity, Sports, Art 2:40:12 Video resumes 2:42:14 Video ends, Confronting uncomfortable realities, Confronting yourself, Our complicity in decadent Societies, avoiding truth, Entertainment/Pleasures as Distraction, 2:47:37 Absolute Power corrupts absolutely, LOTR Frodo and the Ring of Power, Not letting corruption from power overcome goodness as a leader 2:49:00 Political messages in Art, Wokeness to appeal to a wider audience 2:50:42 Words losing meaning, Red pill, Woke, Fascism, Communism 2:57:41 Words being used wrong, Buzzwords 2:59:55 Anarchist intentions of Communism 3:03:24 Elliot Rodgers, The issue with “Nice guys” and Incels, Be a better person, Don’t fear rejection, How I stopped being an Incel, Talking to Women and having valuable relationships 3:10:55 Concluding