Happy to be Redpill in 2015

Normal people make resolution this time of year. I try to as well, but have not yet spent enough time on last year's to note any major successes or failures.

We think a lot about the future, but unless waxing nostalgic or whining, rarely look at the past. And rarely do we evaluate the past in any reasonable manner! The philosophy of SMART goals never get applied to New Year's Resolutions.

When's the last time you actually measured one of your resolutions? I know I set a goal to meet 10 new friends at my company outside my department: never happened. Think I made 2, even despite joining the company softball team.

Reflection is the most important thing we do as humans. It's what separates us from animals, if you ask me. We can recall our past, analyze, and make ourselves better.

Right now, though, I want to reflect on why I am happy to be a Red-Pill man, and why you should want to be Red-Pill. I did not take notes on a daily business: perhaps I should. Paying attention to your daily blessings is actually a good way to make yourself happier.

Embracing Red Pill ideas counts as a blessing, too.

Let's see what made me happy to be Red Pill this year:

1. Watching my Architect friend struggle through 12 months of single-dom. He hit the online dating circuit late in 2014. A suit and an Arichtecture job earned him a lot of dates, same as first time, and the same as the first time, he struggled to ever land a second date. His Mom told him to read 50 Shades of Gray and act more like an asshole: a great indicator you might be too nice. 

Red Pill Contrast: My Wife liked me enough to ask me out, and when I dumped her for not living up to my standards, she spent a month trying to win me back. 

2. Meeting my Architect friend's new girlfriend. A damn sight prettier than the last, to be sure, and this one is FIT! rather than packing 30 extra pounds. But her personality? Damn. Every sarcastic jab shredded any appreciation I had for this girl. Her 20 minute dissertation detailing why my friend lacked the Cool Points for a Jersey Shore party made me want to kick her down the Sparta Hole. 

Red Pill Contrast: My Wife maintained the disposition of an Angel. Her nurturing personality led people to confuse her with Nurse, Professional Baker, elementary school teacher, and librarian. No one doubts her compassion, and my nieces and nephews love her. 

3. Watching my Mother-In-Law serve warmed-over store-bought lasagna to my Father In Law. My Mother-In-Law is a stay-at-home Mom with only a single child left at home, in high school. My Father-In-Law travels to earn an income to put FIVE children through college. She spent the entire week busying her social calendar with book events with her mother, and gave herself and her dinner at a reasonable hour, while serving the warmed over leftovers to my FIL. This is a divorceable offense. 

Red Pill Contrast: Wife prepares dinner on demand. She served frozen vegetables once this year, and never did again after a suitable dressing down. The Beta Household ONLY serves fresh veggies. 

4. Listening to my Best Man complain about poor sex drive. They have been together for a few years now, and he thought about the M-Word. He invited her to stay at his home for a test drive. Despite an initial period of twice- and thrice-daily sex, he found her sex drive waning throughout the year, to the point he felt like he "abused" her. And he's still thinking about proposing. 

Red Pill Contrast: Our sex life is better than ever. Sex is on demand and more organic, and easier to do in our home. Oral play has skyrocketed to a multiple-time-per-week event, with "finish."

5. Seeing Jenna reject man after man. I've mentioned this girl before, a girl who has dated so many men she can barely visit the grocery store without encountering a prior flame. She even dated my Architect Friend once this year! After every date she whined about how the men bored her. She eventually found a cocky man, so much a Red Pill stereotype I suspect he frequents the Manosphere as well. 

Red Pill Contrast: Do I even need to explain the contrast? The Red Pill guy got the girl in the end! I don't know for sure if he's Red Pill, but given his Facebook posting, aversion and knowledge of Social Justice, I strongly suspect this is case. Even if not, Jenna and my Wife spent much of the year discussing when they would like to visit the strip club with me: something more than the merry band of White Knights dating her ever get to experiment. 


It's great to be Red Pill.   

As for my Wife? 
She's happier than ever. Every night she snuggles up to me and tells me how much she loves me. I suspect seeing her sisters struggle through their own dates reinforces how lucky she really is. She loves our new home, and she is excited for a new child (though we haven't quite succeeded that yet). 


2016 looks to be better than ever.   

Cruz the Actual Moderate?

Holiday Season keeps all of us busy. We finally received our couch, and can I say not a moment too soon? Ever notice that there's always something else to get? After the couch and my awesome Lazy-Z boy chair found homes in our room, we noticed people might want somewhere to place a drink.

So we swung around IKEA, bought some sofa tables, and slapped those cheap pieces of crap together, too.

In the past month, I've also played around with the new telecommuting policy at work. Mmmmmhmmmm, can't complain about that one bit. I find I am actually more productive at home than work: I already know what I need to do, but I do not feel exposed, in the open, with people looking over my shoulder at home.

Much less stressful.


The ACTUAL Point
Sorry, meandering over.

I saw this article on Marginal Revolution the other day, and thought nothing of it:

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/12/senators-cruz-and-lee-introduce-reciprocity-bill.html

Apparently Cruz wants to legalize imports of drugs from Canada and Europe or something. Okay, cool. A little odd, given Democrats normally advance such legislation, not Republicans, but not unusual.

But in the comments, someone noted that Senator Cruz, now leading Presidential Polls in Iowa, also suggested the Federal Reserve caused the Great Recession by keeping money too tight!

Now that's a change! If you've followed politics much these last few years, you'll know that Republicans have complained about excessive government spending, and especially printing too much money. That's the Republican position these days, more or less.

And Ted Cruz is one of those extreme Republicans.

Cruz is more conservative than every recent nominee, every other candidate who mounted a serious bid in 2012 and every plausible candidate running or potentially running in 2016. Let

 But, on this position, Cruz actually is...well...right? 

I subscribe to a Sumner-ian view of the recession, which suggests that monetary policy in the US was actually quite tight. We refused to lower rates, and in fact paid interests on reserves, which encouraged banks to sit on money. This had the effect of draining money out of the system, at just the time when the financial crisis sparked a HUGE demand for money.

Blah blah blah aggregate demand shortfall, etc.

This actually is a common view among the right-wing blogsphere. Scott Sumner isn't a Democrat, but a right-leaning libertarian-type fellow living in Wisconsin. He supported printing more money in the recession, yes, but you won't see him arguing for crazy amounts of government stimulus, higher taxes, etc.

In fact, you can see some of his more conservative economic viewpoints here, where he torpedoes some conventional liberal views about France. 

So, Cruz supporting this position ain't some kind of namby-pamby liberal, it's just pragmatic reality.

I am actually surprised to see Cruz supporting this position, and my brain feels forced to re-evaluate all sorts of priors about him and his candidacy.

Today, prior to the debate, I will review this Wonkblog article, and pay close attention to him during the debate.