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Unfortunately some leaders of big tech suffer immensely from fragile masculinity, not that they are fragile or not men, but in the concept that manhood needs to be constantly proven through acts deemed "masculine" (aggressiveness, competition, etc.) or it can be taken away from them. It's an exhausting way to live, even more since under this system your manhood can be taken away from minimal infractions (like Zuck being stubbed by the "real men", fighters, when he was in that UFC match entourage).

Usually when under fragile masculinity, men that need to prove they are masculine lash out into more extreme displays of what they perceive as "masculine", become more aggressive, even more against other ways of living that are seen as less "masculine", like the typical behaviour of some bullied kid turning over into bullying their friends for anything outside of the perceived masculine traits as being "gay". You don't like sports? Gay!

We are seeing this play in real time, Zuck, Musk, Bezos, they all suffer from fragile masculinity, and since the tech world has many other leaders similarly suffering from it then it becomes quite typical herd-behaviour of the ones "down on the totem pole" from these mega-billionaires to follow the lead.

It's all insecure bullshit but on a whole other level of power, and wealth...

parent piva00 1 year ago

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