I have to preface that I don’t hate all men.
I believe in subjectivity and you are allowed to have a different opinion.
Thank you.
When someone recommended me 48 laws of power I realised this:
These people think that their autonomy comes from the power they have over other people.
As a person who has read fiction her entire life, empathising with someone is far more rewarding than “dominating them” and making them be a subject to your “greatness”. Seeing the way in which characters interact with the world, their thoughts, their strengths and weaknesses, gives you insight into(maybe?) a very different perspective.
The psychological aspect of people can be read like a tapestry. Different colors, textures, techniques. Once you have touched all of them, seen all of them, it’s easy to say which one is which. And recognise a pattern.
Many things written in the book felt….natural and common sense. It was wrapped in such a male centered way of thinking that i stopped midway.
Empathy, more so, understanding fundamental behavioural patterns, is such a foreign concept for them that they applaud this book as being revolutionary.
They confuse power with strength.
If this book doesn’t have haters…..
Also……the concept of this book being seen as “dangerous” is very funny to me.
No matter how vile…..if you don’t find this book at least a bit juvenile then you clearly don’t have the wit to put it to action.😂
by blush_to_ash
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48 laws of power = ways to become lonely in life
>Also……the concept of this book being seen as “dangerous” is very funny to me.
>No matter how vile…..if you don’t find this book at least a bit juvenile then you clearly don’t have the wit to put it to action.😂
you think juvenile people can’t be dangerous? why are you talking as if the two things are in opposiition?
Male here.
There are some books that I use as a filter. If a person seems enamored of them, there’s no way we will get along.
This is one of those books.
The author is drunk on ego.
When you read *The 48 Laws of Power* as a woman, it’s less “how to win” and more “how to outsmart everyone while looking fabulous.”
You dont need to be a woman to criticise. I randomly checked it after I saw your post and smells bullshit
Law7″Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit”
“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”
“Law 27: Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following”
“Law 10: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky”
Law 14: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Who the fk even come up with thus crap. You are asking me to betray, be cruel, manipulate for no reason