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Is Robert Greene becoming politically correct?
Robert Greene struck me a bit naive and "what feels good" rather than "what is true" in this video.
It's entitled "advice to young men":
Robert Greene: somebody who is truly strong inside doesn't have to show off
Hmmm, yeah, in a way...
But then:
Robert Greene: if you're strong inside you let your actions do the talking you don't have to go on websites and show all the great things, your cars your money your house.... It speaks through your work (...) through the books that you have read
Of course there is some truth to it.
But it also feels a bit of that "convenient pop psychology" that it isn't really wholly true.
It's certainly also possible to be "strong", whatever Greene meant by it, or at least "stronger" and more confident than most, and to be a show-off.
And it's also possible to acquire power/money and achieve one's goal by showing off.
It seems like he's referring to some recent (fake?) gurus such as Tai Lopez and even more recently Andrew Tate.
No sympathy for either of them.
But it would be disingenuous to dismiss them and say "they're weak".
Tai Lopez achieved his financial goals and maybe more by showing off.
Tate the same -albeit he got himself into bigger troubles after that-.
And dislike Tate as much as you want, but unless Greene comes up with a specific definition of "weak", Tate is definitely not "weak".
Then feels like Greene is referring especially to Tate in this part LOL:
Robert Greene: a true man, to me, true masculinity has deep respect for women
That even feels white-knighting now.
The "true" also recalls the manipulative way some women use of what a "real" man should do.
Yeah, would be cool to have a world where "masculinity" or "true man" meant respect for anyone.
But... That's just what we'd prefer, not the reality.
Anyway, good video overall, great author.
Some parts felt a bit naive self-hep though.
