Do we live in a predatory political matriarchy?

Blazing Reader,

Stefan Molyneux's The Present makes the challenging proposition that we do not live in an oppressive capitalistic patriarchy but a "predatory political matriarchy." The novel centres around Rachel, a self-absorbed young woman, living with her self-absorbed boyfriend, while making little money in her "liberating" career as a woke journalist.

Her views of "inequality" are challenged when she meets Oliver, the leader of a men's rights group, who argues:

“Everyone talks about the ‘wage gap’ – no one ever talks about the ‘tax gap’! Men pay far more in taxes than women do, and women take far more government benefits than men do. The State is a giant machine that transfers wealth from men to women. Are we ever thanked for that? No, because we are in a master-slave relationship with women. All this talk about ‘the patriarchy’ is just a cover for what’s really going on – what is statistically verifiable. We live in a predatory political matriarchy. And all this – I can see – comes as a complete shock to you! And you would totally pass a lie detector test if you were asked to condemn the ‘patriarchy.’ Essential information has been consistently withheld from you, and false narratives have been implanted.”

I recently read The Present to my son. It blends challenging philosophical ideas with a harrowing story of economic collapse. You can find out more or download a copy from Stefan Molyneux's website at: https://freedomain.com/freedomain_books/the-present/

John C.A. Manley

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.