@adam-l

Back in the day I thought we should have a Mrs Archwinger appreciation day.

Which one? The original frigid, bitchy dike he ended up divorcing? Or his current good one?

As the alchemists showed, unsolvable problems contributed majorly to the advance of human knowledge.

Ah. lol. I think you mean the original Mrs. Archwinger. She was definitely an unsolvable problem!

Men need love but can't find it, because women are incapable of it

They're capable of love, but it's not the idealistic love we feel for them. Theirs is far more conditional. Though to be fair, all love is conditional, except maybe from parents to kids.

Now, capitalism has found that it can squeeze more surplus out of the family

Capitalism itself isn't a conscious entity. But the powers-that-be certainly have done that, and they've also done it in socialist countries. It's not just employers, but also governments. More income earners = more tax revenue.

Typo, you've read Esther Vilar's second book, The polygamous sex, right?

No, but I'll certainly add it to the list of books I need to read eventually.

I wonder if it's on Audible? I have unused credits, and I can listen to books while I do essential tasks far easier and far more frequently than I can actually sit still and read.

The sad fact is that a relationship that is not supposed to last "till death do us part" necessarily turns into an antagonism of who can extract the most out of it.

That's our animalistic nature. As humans, we're capable of overcoming that. Christianity used to be an excellent guide for that, and it still can be if you stay away from any of the institutional churches, as they're all compromised and serve the idol of the Unholy Vagina instead of God.

And women, having a more integrated psychopathic mode, are more equipped for that.

True.

@MentORPHEUS

Rush declared repeatedly that he was possessed of "talent on loan from God "

If you listened to him as much you claim to have, you'd have to have heard him explain that joke thousands of times.

Life is temporary. God is the source of his talent. Therefore, his talent was on loan from God.

My mom thought this was hubristic on Rush's part as well, and much like you, the explanation did nothing to assuage her hate-boner.

[Rush's not seeking help]

...premium we supposedly place on personal agency.

You do realize that addicts cease thinking for themselves, and that the chemical dependency takes over, right? His personal agency was compromised, and again, through no original fault of his own. He trusted instructions from an authority figure: a doctor.

The heroin junkies he was talking about, again, exercised personal agency to use and abuse a substance widely known to be addictive and widely known to be illegal.

Big difference. Important distinction.

But your personal animosity towards him blinds you to that, and so you just relish in his suffering much like all those sickos who celebrated when Charlie Kirk was murdered.