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Love for the Unapologetic - by Utsav Ganeriwala

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Most of the world is in a politically correct saga worse than senility (thus, a form of it). From state bureaucrats to your bank manager, nobody is candidly saying what they think. We allow ourselves to be too apologetic but not the opposite. It's almost like the world wants us to be a part of the mediocre mean rather than the exciting extreme. Being apologetic is not being right or wrong. It can be vociferously telling someone, "Fucking idiot do you think you are capable of intimidating me?” For good, I have started to worship this ferociousness. People who don’t give a fuck are admirable. This includes the homeless guy on the road (on fentanyl) showing you a middle finger to eccentric billionaires (on an ayahuasca retreat) saying “go fuck yourself." Fuck you money, broadly, the fuck you attitude is a way of protecting one’s sanity. These people protect their freedom so dearly that they don't want anyone to jump over the fence into their freeland. Nothing is consequential enough to ta

Most of the world is in a politically correct saga worse than senility (thus, a form of it). From state bureaucrats to your bank manager, nobody is candidly saying what they think. We allow ourselves to be too apologetic but not the opposite. It's almost like the world wants us to be a part of the mediocre mean rather than the exciting extreme. Being apologetic is not being right or wrong. It can be vociferously telling someone, "Fucking idiot do you think you are capable of intimidating me?” For good, I have started to worship this ferociousness. People who don’t give a fuck are admirable.…

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