I came across some radical feminist literature theother day; and, as usual with this type of material, capitalism was uniformly condemned and denounced forupholding the rule of \u201cpatriarchy.\u201d For those of you who have never encountered this peculiar feminist concoctionbefore, \u201cpatriarchy\u201d basically means \u201crule by men,\u201d or \u201ca male-dominated society\u201d–pure evil for feminists.<\/p>\n
For most feminists, capitalism is patriarchy, and patriarchy is capitalism. Here feminists argue that capitalism promotes the \u201cmasculine individual\u201d–that it favors men above women. They further claim that capitalism exploits and oppresses women. They say that the ruthless, greedy economic system of capitalism allegedly penalizes women and promotes men as masculine individuals essentially devoted to the perpetuation of patriarchy.<\/p>\n
Although this may have been arguably true in America\u2019s 1950s, the modern, information age version of capitalism certainly does not promote virile masculinity at the expense of femininity. Bill Gates–the world\u2019s foremost capitalist and the richest man on earth–is certainly no John Wayne. Bill Gates and most of the high-tech entrepreneurs of today are not exactly paragons of masculinity.<\/p>\n
The new economy has produced a new kind of man: the effeminate post-modern cooperative man, the corporate Dilberts, the geeks, the nerds, the \u201cFrasiers\u201d, the \u201cAlly MacBeile\u201d female-dominated men–the Joeys, Chandlers and Rosses of \u201cFriends.\u201d In other words, the flaming figs, wusses and other sub-men who would back down at the first sign of trouble in Mexico or American Samoa.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s capitalistic society, gay men thrive. In fact, Gay men, on average, make more money than the average straight male–and are generally better educated as well.<\/p>\n
Traditional fascist, socialist and statist countries are far better at rearing real men: virile and masculine. Joseph Stalin was masculine. Hitler was masculine. Patrick J. Buchanan is masculine.<\/p>\n
Bill Clinton, on the other hand, is deeply in touch with his personal feelings; he \u201cfeels our pain.\u201d Clinton is a product of the new economy, the new way. But he is still a socialist–a new socialist: the kind that wants to harness information technologies to redistribute wealth.<\/p>\n
But the US is still, for the most part, a new capitalistic, information-oriented economy–one in which women operate on a level playing field with men. Brawn, brute muscle and manual labor are no longer essential. What is needed–and what counts above all–is pure brain power. And in this arena women can compete.<\/p>\n
The new American capitalism no longer promotes masculinity or patriarchy; it breeds emasculated, cooperative males, unsure of themselves, dominated by an assertive new breed of feminist-indoctrinated American female.<\/p>\n
And for many would-be Nietzschean heroes, Saipan is a nice refuge–until manly Mr. Stayman takes over and replaces our traditional Asian lasses with mayo-skinned \u201cfemi-nazis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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