"You have had a life. There have been moments when you were having a life. Of course you don't remember too much about it; but there are photographs to prove it.
This was probably happening round about the time of your adolescence, or just after.
How great your appetite for life was, then! Existence seemed so rich in new possibilities. You might become a pop singer, go off to Venezuela.
More surprising still, you have had a childhood. Observe, now, a child of seven, playing with his little soldiers on the living room carpet. I want you to observe him closely. Since the divorce he no longer has a father. Only rarely does he see his mother, who occupies an important post in a cosmetics firm. And yet he plays with his little soldiers and the interest he takes in these representations of the world and of war seems very keen. He already lacks a bit of affection, that's for sure, but what an air he has of being interested in the world!
You too, you took an interest in the world. That was long ago. I want you to cast your mind back to then. The domain of the rules was no longer enough for you; you were unable to live any longer in the domain of the rules; so you had to enter into the domain of the struggle. I ask you to go back to that precise moment. It was long ago, no? Cast your mind back: the water was cold.
You are far from the edge, now. Oh yes! How far from the edge you are. You long believed in the existence of another shore; such is no longer the case. You go on swimming, though, and every movement you make brings you closer to drowning.
You are suffocating, your lungs are on fire. The water seems colder and colder to you, more and more galling. You aren't that young any more. Now you are going to die. Don't worry. I am here. I won't let you sink. Go on with your reading. Cast your mind back once more to your introduction to the domain of the struggle."
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The famous incel novel, "whatever" in English, In the book, the central theme addressed is probably the relationship between the protagonists and the domain of the struggle.
The thing is that the first time I read it, even though I felt a huge clarification with these concepts, I couldn't exactly define them, but reflecting better now, a few years later, I think I can get an idea, which seems obvious but not really (atleast for me)
Domain of the rule
They are literally the rules that we believed that by following we would find satisfaction in life, the narratives of the movies
Teen love, friends, parties, beach, a television, wife, children, house, car, those things... You already get the idea.
But certain people are pushed out of this domain, he says in the book.
"You were unable to live any longer in the domain of the rules; so you had to enter into the domain of the struggle"
Domain of the struggle
The domain of the struggle is the sea where the small island of rules is contained, in which you were thrown into it to drown, you have to learn to swim, things are cold and the sea is empty without any value, the sea is a vast nothingness
Incels were kicked out of the island, they are very ugly, they are inappropriate, they are not suitable for a family photo in the frame, they are not sociable and they do not have a big smile with shining white teeth
This was probably happening round about the time of your adolescence, or just after.
How great your appetite for life was, then! Existence seemed so rich in new possibilities. You might become a pop singer, go off to Venezuela.
More surprising still, you have had a childhood. Observe, now, a child of seven, playing with his little soldiers on the living room carpet. I want you to observe him closely. Since the divorce he no longer has a father. Only rarely does he see his mother, who occupies an important post in a cosmetics firm. And yet he plays with his little soldiers and the interest he takes in these representations of the world and of war seems very keen. He already lacks a bit of affection, that's for sure, but what an air he has of being interested in the world!
You too, you took an interest in the world. That was long ago. I want you to cast your mind back to then. The domain of the rules was no longer enough for you; you were unable to live any longer in the domain of the rules; so you had to enter into the domain of the struggle. I ask you to go back to that precise moment. It was long ago, no? Cast your mind back: the water was cold.
You are far from the edge, now. Oh yes! How far from the edge you are. You long believed in the existence of another shore; such is no longer the case. You go on swimming, though, and every movement you make brings you closer to drowning.
You are suffocating, your lungs are on fire. The water seems colder and colder to you, more and more galling. You aren't that young any more. Now you are going to die. Don't worry. I am here. I won't let you sink. Go on with your reading. Cast your mind back once more to your introduction to the domain of the struggle."
View: https://youtu.be/9zYL-XylC74?si=qv59k1TdE-bBko6G
The famous incel novel, "whatever" in English, In the book, the central theme addressed is probably the relationship between the protagonists and the domain of the struggle.
The thing is that the first time I read it, even though I felt a huge clarification with these concepts, I couldn't exactly define them, but reflecting better now, a few years later, I think I can get an idea, which seems obvious but not really (atleast for me)
Domain of the rule
They are literally the rules that we believed that by following we would find satisfaction in life, the narratives of the movies
Teen love, friends, parties, beach, a television, wife, children, house, car, those things... You already get the idea.
But certain people are pushed out of this domain, he says in the book.
"You were unable to live any longer in the domain of the rules; so you had to enter into the domain of the struggle"
Domain of the struggle
The domain of the struggle is the sea where the small island of rules is contained, in which you were thrown into it to drown, you have to learn to swim, things are cold and the sea is empty without any value, the sea is a vast nothingness
Incels were kicked out of the island, they are very ugly, they are inappropriate, they are not suitable for a family photo in the frame, they are not sociable and they do not have a big smile with shining white teeth
