Trust me! No trust me! Well of course you can trust me! We are bombarded with different groups and people telling us that it’s fine to trust them. That they “have our backs” and (hard to say this without laughing) “have our best interests at heart”. From politicians, to corporations with advertisements, to women, to pretty much anything and everyone else we are told that we should trust. Our parents tell us to trust them to believe that they know what they are talking about and know what they are doing.
Our preachers and teachers ask the same thing of us. As does of school system as does our boss. Trust that I’m not a complete piece of shit who won’t work you like a dog until you collapse and then you to the wayside for the next eager slave. Trust in our world is given out like candy, and then men wonder while charlatans are so rampant. Why a clown who can talk well will go one hundred times farther than an honorable strong man who doesn’t know how to talk so well. A dog species that exposed it’s neck to every new dog it met would so go extinct because of how many dogs would rip it’s throat out. The same can be said of males who give their trust in things not worthy of it. Here are two things a man can trust.
First & Foremost – His Own Strength
Your own strength is the only thing on this earth that you can put complete one hundred percent trust in. You strength will never leave you nor forsake you. Your strength is always with you and can always be used to get out of where you are. That’s why the most important thing you can do in this world is develop you strength. Your friends, family, society, women, religion, government, and everything else will leave you and cannot be relied upon but your strength can. Your strength is the only thing in this world you can put your unfailing faith in, the only thing.
You must develop this strength on all fronts. Strength of arm, strength of mind, strength of spirit. You must master the skills needed to survive in any environment. The world will try and test you and do it’s best to beat you down and have you go back to the slave pens with your tail tucked between your legs. It is only through your strength that this can be prevented, it is only through your strength that you will make it. And when I say strength I don’t mean how much you can bench press (though physical strength is one component of strength) rather I mean your entire strength as a man. The strongest of which will be something deep within you.
Second – Vetted Honorable Brothers
These are members of your tribe and brotherhood that have been vetted. Meaning that they’ve been tried by the fire and proven themselves to you time and time again. They have strength and honor and your respect. This isn’t given out freely. Just because someone is part of your group does not mean that they are worthy of your trust. Trust like respect must be earned. And even then they must prove themselves day in and day out. Men get sidetracked and waylaid. Even men that we thought were strong can have an Achilles heel that could be their undoing as well as your own if you place your trust in them.
However there are those few brothers who we know would have our back and place honor above all else. They are few and far in between but they are there. I should note that Westerner’s make a mockery of this as well. How many kids have you heard say to another “You’re my brother” or “You’re family” maybe they’ve watched too many movies or something but they fail to understand what those words truly mean. I’ve had kids call me “brother” before and I told them to fuck off and that I wasn’t their “brother”. But I also have a few choice friends where this description is proper and who I do trust and trust deeply.
What Not To Put Your Trust In
I want to make it clear just because you don’t place your trust fully in something doesn’t mean you hate it. For example to fully trust your child to be able to have your back would be foolish as they are a child and incapable of doing so. Does this mean that you hate your child? Of course not, you love your child. But you love your child for who they are, taking into account their limitations. So just because I say something isn’t worthy of your trust does not therefore mean it’s worthy of your scorn or hatred (though some are).
Weak males cannot be trusted. Of all things weak males are the most untrustworthy, they are even worse than women. Weak males will stab you in the back, lie, cheat, and steal to get ahead of you. Never trust a weak male, they are the most pathetic of creatures. Women, this one is obvious. A woman will do whatever her emotions tell her to do in the moment. Contracts and masculine ideals such as honor have no place in a woman’s mind and mean nothing to her. She’ll do what feels good when it feels good every time is she can get away with it. Not something worthy of your trust.
Governments, religions, and family. The first two are specifically made to make you a slave and weak. The latter has been programmed by the first two to get you to love your slavery. Corporations and the education system. Corporations do not have profits as their first concern despite what uninformed hippies will tell you. If they did they wouldn’t push so hard for political ideals that alienate their customers. Corporations are a tool of those in power to push agendas that are bad for you and good for them. The exact same thing can be said of the education system.
Summary
In the end as important as it is to have a strong group of men (something that is becoming more and more rare as time goes on) you ultimately you are on your own and can only rely on your strength. Which is why I push so hard for men to develop their strength. You cannot rely on others even your brothers will get sick of carrying your weight and you certainly can’t rely on the corporation you work for, the government you pay taxes too, or the religion you worship to help you out. You must cultivate enough strength so that you can be self-reliant. Self-reliance is not an option but rather a necessity for a man.
I almost forgot. Technically there are three things a man can trust. His own strength, vetted honorable brothers, and his dog.
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-Charles Sledge
