“We have to HIDE from each other because we think that we are the only ones BROKEN. We think we're the only ones whose original selves we ground up and smashed under the jack-booted heel of cultural lies and superstition, patriotism, war lust, war hunger, and a denial of AGGRESSION AGAINST CHILDREN THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF CULTURE. Culture is everything that is NOT TRUE. If it's true, it's called 'math' or 'science' or 'facts'. Culture is the Stockholm syndrome we have with the historical lies that are convenient to the rules. We love the lies, because we don't think we can be loved if we don't.” ChildrenWarCultureLiesPatriotismSuperstition Author:Stefan Molyneux
“I never really grew up until I had kids.” LoveChildrenSelfRelationshipsResponsibilityWonderFamilyGrowing UpPsychologyWonderfulPositiveSonDaughterStressImprovementChoiceParenthoodSelf KnowledgeAwesomeOriginMaternityPaternity Author:Stefan Molyneux
“If you want kids, choose your girlfriend like your future child has the deciding vote.” ChildrenPhilosophyMarriagePsychologyDatingParentingCouples Author:Stefan Molyneux
“We can't leave the past in the past because, the past is who we are. It's like saying I wish I could forget English. So, there is no leaving the past in the past. It doesn't mean the past has to define and dominate everything in the future. The fact that I had a temper in my teens doesn't mean I have to be an angry person for the rest of my life. It just means that I had allot to be angry about but, didn't have the language and the understanding to know what it was and how big it was. I thought my anger was disproportionate to the environment which is what is called having a bad temper but, it just means that I underestimated the environment and my anger was telling me how wide and deep child abuse is in society but, I didn't understand that consciously so I thought my anger was disproportionate to the environment but, it wasn't. There is almost no amount of anger that's proportionate to the degree of child abuse in the world. The fantasy that you can not be somebody that lived through what you lived through is damaging to yourself and to your capacity to relate to others. People who care about you, people who are going to grow to love you need to know who you are and that you were shaped by what you've experienced for better and for worse. There is a great deal of challenge in talking about these issues. Lots of people in this world have been hurt as children. Most people have been hurt in this world as children and when you talk honestly and openly it's very difficult for people. This is why it continues and continues.If you can get to the truth of what happened if you can understand why people made the decisions they've made even if you dont agree with the reason for those decisions knowing the reasons for those decisions is enormously important in my opinion. The more we know the truth of history the more confidently we can face the future without self blame.” ChildrenRelationshipsFamilyPsychologyChildhoodConfidenceAngerTherapyFamily RelationshipsThe Past Author:Stefan Molyneux
“If you have people who treat you badly in your life, they will be a human shield against people who will treat you well. If that’s not true then we should apply it to marriage and start saying to woman who are being put down or beaten, “you gotta stay with him because he needs you and he has been your husband for 20 years for heaven sakes. You just have to work to love him more and so on.” This is the advice they gave to woman like 200 fucking years ago and it was abusive advice. I view the parent child relationship (This just not my made up perspective.) it is the least voluntary relationship. At least the woman who got married chose to get married. We don’t choose our parents. The highest standards of behavior are required for parents and no one else. There is no one else whose standards of behavior need be higher than parents and so often parents get away with the lowest possible standards of behavior with regards to their children.” ChildrenRelationshipsBehaviorStandardsParents Author:Stefan Molyneux
“We cannot build on peace on blood. We are still so addicted to this lie. We have this fantasy that we honor the dead by adding to their number. What we need to do is remember that these bodies bury us. This ocean of blood that we create through the fantasy that violence brings virtue drowns us, drowns our children, drowns our future, drowns the world. We have to understand that when we pour these endless young bodies into this pit of death, we follow.” WorldNeedsChildrenStillsBodyRememberYoungLyingNumbersFantasyVirtueViolenceBloodHonorOceanOur ChildrenEndlessOur FuturePits Author:Stefan Molyneux
“The move towards the extension of personhood to children is already underway, and is utterly, completely and totally unstoppable!” ChildrenMovingExtensionsUnstoppablePersonhood Author:Stefan Molyneux
“It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity - than to engage them in seriously considering how roads might function in the absence of taxation.” PeopleChildrenWarHandsMightHalfEasierFunctionAbsenceIncomeConvinceConsideringTaxation Author:Stefan Molyneux
“If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenSoundEarsHappy Children Author:Stefan Molyneux
