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He rejects the concept of the [[Blackpill]] writing:<blockquote>See, there is no ‘Black Pill’ – there is only the space in between a man dealing with his despondency about a harsh Red Pill truth and his crossing the abyss to accepting that truth and doing something with that information to better his life.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/02/27/the-global-sexual-marketplace/</ref></blockquote> | He rejects the concept of the [[Blackpill]] writing:<blockquote>See, there is no ‘Black Pill’ – there is only the space in between a man dealing with his despondency about a harsh Red Pill truth and his crossing the abyss to accepting that truth and doing something with that information to better his life.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/02/27/the-global-sexual-marketplace/</ref></blockquote> | ||
Tomassi's own definition of the Blackpill is that it is a nihilistic interpretation of the Redpill | Tomassi's own definition of the Blackpill is that it is a nihilistic interpretation of the Redpill: <blockquote>"(The Blackpill) as a movement focuses on objective realities to such an extreme degree that nihilism defines it. But that nihilism is also a necessary part of subjectivism."<ref name="wronggirl">https://therationalmale.com/2019/07/19/the-wrong-girl/</ref></blockquote> | ||
In the same article, he also seemed to evince a softening of his oppositional stance to the blackpill | In the same article, he also seemed to evince a softening of his oppositional stance to the blackpill, comparing the blackpill to what he dubbed the "feel-good pill": <blockquote>"It gets a lot wrong in the problem solving department, but what Black Pill gets right is their understanding of the shifting of causality."<ref name="wronggirl" /></blockquote> | ||
Thus, like those on the [[R/TRP|r/theredpill]] subreddit, which has his materials proudly displayed on it's sidebar, he generally advocates an internal locus of control(locus of control is whether you think you have power over the external world to change your situation versus vice versa) versus the external locus of control that is part of the [[blackpill]]. | Thus, like those on the [[R/TRP|r/theredpill]] subreddit, which has his materials proudly displayed on it's sidebar, he generally advocates an internal locus of control(locus of control is whether you think you have power over the external world to change your situation versus vice versa) versus the external locus of control that is part of the [[blackpill]]. | ||