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==Meanings of the blackpill== | ==Meanings of the blackpill== | ||
In the [[manosphere]], the blackpill and the [[redpill]] largely overlap, but they disagree in one point: The redpill concludes men can leverage knowledge about female sexuality to improve themselves, e.g. by [[gymmaxxing|bodybuilding]] and [[PUA|pickup artistry]], whereas the blackpill concludes that for many men self-improvement is futile in today's cultural and economic circumstances. Blackpillers believe there are factors that are mostly [[determinism|pre-determined]] and unchangeable, but that play a vastly underappreciated role in female mate choice. The main factors are: | In the [[manosphere]] a ''blackpill'' refers to an uncomfortable facts about dating or a political argument about how only traditionalism can solve dating problems. These facts and arguments, as well as the philosophy that has organized around them are collectively referred to as ''the'' blackpill. | ||
Blackpilled individuals believe that feminism, technology, modernity have unleashed [[foid|female sexuality]] and created a shallow, [[lookism|lookist]] and [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] dating sphere which is destroying the social fabric of modern civilization. | |||
Blackpillers "spread the blackpill" with the intention to demotivate other men from looking for personal solutions and encourage them to consider to societal problems. | |||
"The blackpill becoming widespread" also means adverse dating situations becoming more ubiquitous in society.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/lets-just-say-blackpill-become-widespread-so-no-more-cucks-just-incels-and-chads.146035/</ref> | |||
Some blackpillers expect this to spark a revolution.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/lets-just-say-blackpill-become-widespread-so-no-more-cucks-just-incels-and-chads.146035/#post-3066523</ref> | |||
The blackpill and the [[redpill]] largely overlap, but they disagree in one point: | |||
The redpill concludes men can leverage knowledge about female sexuality to improve themselves, e.g. by [[gymmaxxing|bodybuilding]] and [[PUA|pickup artistry]], whereas the blackpill concludes that for many men self-improvement is futile in today's cultural and economic circumstances. | |||
Blackpillers believe there are factors that are mostly [[determinism|pre-determined]] and unchangeable, but that play a vastly underappreciated role in female mate choice. The main factors are: | |||
* '''L'''ooks | * '''L'''ooks | ||
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This triad, called [[LMS|''LMS theory'']], was popularized in non-pill-ideological [[PSL|PSL forums]] in response to the self-improvement enthusiasm of [[redpill|redpillers]] and [[PUA|pickup artists]]. | This triad, called [[LMS|''LMS theory'']], was popularized in non-pill-ideological [[PSL|PSL forums]] in response to the self-improvement enthusiasm of [[redpill|redpillers]] and [[PUA|pickup artists]]. | ||
Many aspects of the blackpill are based on science and not new to academia at all, in fact, they often draw from scientific literature that predates the prevalent feminist monoculture in the social sciences. | Many aspects of the blackpill are based on science and not new to academia at all, in fact, they often draw from scientific literature that predates the prevalent feminist monoculture in the social sciences. The blackpill ideology consists of the following central themes, most of which are related to one of more factors of the LMS triad. | ||
The blackpill ideology consists of the following central themes, most of which are related to one of more factors of the LMS triad. | |||
=== Looks are largely objective, especially ugly people's looks === | === Looks are largely objective, especially ugly people's looks === | ||