From the desk of Victor Pride
Subj: Welcome to 2019
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Hello friends. I am very excited about 2019. I can feel something special in the air tonight, like Phil Collins when he saw what she did. From where I am standing, the world seemed to go crazy between 2015-2018. (I am sure we can thank the rise of the smartphone.)
You already know what has happened in America in the past few years. No need to discuss it further. But even abroad, countries like Thailand became significantly worse than they used to be. 5 years ago you couldn't see an obese Thai. Now? You see obese Thais all the time.
I've grown up seeing obese Americans all my life. While it still disgusts me 36 years later, it doesn't shock me. It does shock me when I see obese Southeast Asians. We can blame 7/11 and McDonalds for that. Conclusively, I can say that processed carbohydrates such as potato chips, french fries, candy, soda, and other vegetable oils and “foods” prepared in factories cause obesity.
The Thais eat a large percentage of carbohydrates foods such as rice, fruit, noodles and vegetables but they stay slim. It is not until they start eating factory foods that obesity appears. It's a terrible tragedy because the Thais are (were?) a very pretty people. R.I.P.
Your chances of finding a happy life abroad are diminishing as globalization takes over once lovely countries. If you are an American, I suggest you do two things: make a lot of money NOW so that you can travel NOW and see what life is like before every place in the world resembles American shopping malls.
But I still feel something special is coming in the air. People are waking up left and right. People are starting to understand that eating factory foods is killing them, they are starting to understand that too much medicine is not the answer, they are starting to understand that forced multiculturalism is not sunshine and rainbows, they are starting to understand that political correctness is actually political conquering.
Soon you are going to start seeing a big backlash to the crazy things that are happening in the world. The craziness will not last. Human nature will always prevail in the end. It is not in the nature of the human to dress little boys like girls and pretend to transcend. It is not in human nature for females to try hard to be males and to kill the feminine. It is not in human nature to live in forced diversity. Zebras will always live with zebras and bonobos will always live with bonobos.
Nobody escapes nature. The modern life produces insanity because it takes away the soul of the human. Insanity reaches a breaking point where people snap out of their delusion and wake up to reality. This has happened in the past empires many times. Nothing is new.
Modern people want to believe that artificial intelligence will take over the world and humans will merge with the machine and become one (they call this “the singularity”). Don't make me laugh. Nature never loses. The A.I. nerds may succeed in creating an apparent war between man and the machines that will destroy much of the population (just like in the Hollywood movies). But in the end, you will see that just humans kill humans, it was never the fault of the machines. This happens always.
A small band of humans will survive and life will continue just as it always has since the dawn of time. Nature's reset is the singularity. Mega-populations cannot be sustained because all people will lose knowledge. Modern people throw away knives when they are dull rather than sharpen the blade. “Smart” gadgets will turn on lights until eventually people forget how to turn on the light for themselves. Then darkness will come. Without life skills, we return to the beginning.
The end is never anything but a new beginning and there is never anything to fear. Nothing ends, we simply return to the source. Humans grow and decline in waves, over and over. This is the Hermetic principle of rhythm. Everything flows, out and in. Everything has its tides. All things rise and fall. The pendulum swing manifests in everything. The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left. Rhythm compensates.
Our world happens in cycles. Life happens in cycles. Right now we are in the last of 4 endlessly repeating cycles like the 4 endlessly repeating seasons. The cycle we are in is the Kali Yuga, the cosmic winter, the age of quarrel, the age that will deeply fragment society. We grow too big and then nature says “hold on” and we take a step back. There is nothing to fear. Humans have always been and will always be. The world is designed with the human in mind. Life will always find a way. Everything always repeats.
Everything has always been the same, and keeps recurring, and it makes no difference whether you see the same things recur in a hundred years or two hundred, or in an infinite period.” - Marcus Aurelius
Therefore, no matter what happens it is business as usual. If you take care of the things that matter, you will enjoy a superior life. What matters? 3 things matter:
- Health
- Wealth
- Relationships.
These 3 things are the triangle of life success. If you're a blog artist these 3 things are your evergreen topics, the topics that will interest all humans until the end of time. No matter what happens, people will always want better health, more wealth, and better relationships.
How do you achieve these things? Take care of the mind first and foremost. When I wake up too early or go to bed too late my mind is not as sharp as it should be. You can have a perfect diet and a perfect exercise and stretching routine, but if your sleep is insufficient then your cognitive power will be insufficient.
Buddha said it and I've repeated it 10,000 times, THE MIND IS EVERYTHING. Treat it like it's everything and get your sleep, your good diet, and your exercise. Then work like hell to achieve wealth. After wealth is achieved, focus on relationships. After that? Ride off into the sunset with a smile on your face and a middle finger pointed at your enemies.
A reader recently asked me how to deal with enemies. The answer is to become cold, calculated, and unemotional like a success robot. (He. Just. Will. Not. Stop. Winning.) Success is the best revenge and revenge is a dish best served cold. Therefore, become cold so that you can make calm and calculated decisions that ensure your victory.
Sun Tzu gave this advice centuries ago: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. (He also taught you to treat your men as you would your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valley.) To conquer your enemy you must understand your enemy. But how do you understand your enemy? Do like Goggins said and become the devil to get out of hell. If you know the enemy as well as you know yourself, success is guaranteed.
I know I have hurt some feelings by giving this cold advice. Don't be so sensitive. Cultivating detachment is the nature of enlightenment. Many regular people think enlightenment is about brotherly love, humanitarianism, and feeding the poor. Don't make me laugh.
Enlightenment is the process of learning to be detached so that you can make the best decisions. The man who is emotional is the man who will lose in the end. The man who is emotional will always be manipulated by the cool, calm, and collected. If they can push your buttons, they will.
Every enlightened master has this single trait in common: Complete control of his emotions. Egalitarianism or “social justice” is a front, a cover, a facade. It is a tactic the enlightened use to sell the gullible and emotional public on some scheme or other. The joke is always on the emotional people, and the joke will never grow old. Like Kurt C. said, “Our little group has always been and always will until the end.”
“Little group” is right. The world is molded by only a handful of enlightened masters who understand the immense power of the focused mind. Do you want to be one of the enlightened few? Or one of the manipulated many? It's an easy answer for me. The only real man is the enlightened man. The only thing a real man can do is go into Monk Mode to plan and prepare to conquer. Plan for success and for revenge at the same time. If you conceive it and you believe it, guess what? You will achieve it.
It is time to rise. It is time to understand yourself. It is time to become who you are. Who are you? You are much more than you know. If you are here on earth you are a master. If only you could see. If only you could remember who you are. If only you could disconnect and reconnect to the source. Can this be done? By harnessing the great power of the mind, anything can be done.
Here is my official prediction for 2019: It's going to be a great year. 2019 is the year of the pig. The pig is happiness personified. Even when covered in shit, the pig is in bliss at all times. Modern people disdain pigs because they disdain nature. Do not think of the pig from the mind of the modern man. Think simple. In ancient times the pig was a symbol of wealth. If your mind is not cloudy from too much dopamine you can know that the pig is still a great symbol of wealth. The year of the pig is a year of wealth and good fortune and total bliss. This bliss can be learned and experienced by all.
Buddha learned it, Indra learned it, Victor learned it…
Now it's your turn to learn it.
I can teach you how.
MONK MODE.
January 14.
-Victor Pride
And here’s my prediction - nothing will change.
One man cannot change “The World”, but he can certainly change “His World”.
Truth. Good work Vic
People are waking up.
Let’s hope we act with this knowledge to better ourselves for the Greater Good.
This is by far your best article ever Vic.
I also observe that you are getting smarter and smarter.
Through observation and research, you came to logical conclusions which let you predict the future with high accuracy.
The Vikings were the peak of human existence because they lived in peace with nature and honored it.
Women were women and men were men.
They were also much smarter than most people will ever be because reality was their teacher and not some brainwashed individual.
This is a post that clearly shows that you are staying ahead in the game Vic.
Cheers.
Rip up your stupid calendar and take action nonstop everyday.
People curing their hangover from Christmas while I have finished my preparations for the next year including finishing the paperwork for this year and preparing it for next, cleaning my apartment from the ground up and revising my plans and goals and stocking up essentials for living.
I am more than ahead.
Discipline is freedom.
Calendars are for slaves.
Let’s kill 2019
Vic, I never comment but I’m going to for this one. What an amazing article. Whatever you are doing, keep it up brother- you are producing great content.
Joel Salatin is an example of health wealth and relationships. The guy made his own world, and tries to improve it daily, by doing farming his way, successfully, and building relationships around that farm. Gabe Brown is similar, but not as big on the relationships stuff. Curtis Stone youtube ‘urban farmer’ is another example.
Things are changing. But war is coming as well. The globalist vision is dead, as nations fracture, there will be a new world order. The US dollar will lose or share global reserve currency status, and you can tell that be all the nations repatriating their gold and russia and china buying huge gold amounts to build their reserves.
China will confront the US on the global stage, it is already happening, but the more the US pushes back the more china will escalate, China is fine with the status quo, they are winning the status quo, it is the US that has to change the status quo to regain strategic advantage, and that will meet with pushback from china and russia.
A few times now, I’d be staring down a bottle. One of your article will come up, I’ll read it and immediately go pour the poison down the drain. Thank you
Yup, underappreciated aspect of B&D is the power it has to help people quit drugs and alcohol.
Ride off into the sunset with a smile on your face and the middle finger pointed at your enemies!!!
Haha!!!
Very well said.
I don’t usually comment on articles but this one really hit home for me. I feel motivated to kick some ass in 2019. For an old dog like me that’s recently been put through the wringer, it is a welcome piece of fine literature. Awesome writing friend, keep it real.
Mike
Victor,
I have been casually reading your website for the last 8 years and you definitely influenced my thinking and have made me appreciate your defense of old school masculinity.
However, I believe this is one of your weakest and most confounding posts. Your rhetoric of “people waking up left and right” in this post if baffling considering your previous dictum that 98 out of 100 men are like reeds in the wind.
Having spent a considerable part of my life studying history I cannot support the idea that people wake up and escape their ideological and environmental constraints. There are the actors and the acted upon, and the vast majority of people can lumped in to the “masses” who follow the strong individuals that forge on without consideration of everyone else.
As for the whole food issue, your optimism reminds me of the hippies and liberals of a few years ago who claimed that people are becoming more aware and are turning to organic foods, which in reality was just a corporate takeover of hippie sentiments because it was profitable. The whole meat and paleo diet movement is in reality just a luxury that firs world people can afford.
I am saying all this as latino immigrant who grew up in the “dark area” of society where a man has to do what he must to earn a living and there is no so such thing as health insurance and workers’s rights. I have had to work in brutal jobs like moving where you can forget about your health being a consideration. And I say this while hating the whole minority victim industry. The fact is there will always be people who are brutalized and downtrodden and a man’s only claim to justice is his ability to rise above his circumstances.
In short, good article but a little bit of “pie in the sky” sentiment.
Maybe you should find a mexican blog for mexican boys like you??? esse
This blog is read buy thousands around the world, not only by trumpists US citizens. That includes mexicans, frenchmen, and many more…
Your comment looks too bitter and slightly unfair. Think about it.
Regards
“””The whole meat and paleo diet movement is in reality just a luxury that firs world people can afford.”””
Not true at all.
If you consider the amount of carbs people consume and amount of money people spend on carbs; they can use those money and buy meat instead and eat little bit of it and still go through the day. Save up in the long run with not having to make doctor visits and eat less portions of meat but still thriving versus… eat whole bowl of porridge and feel unsatisfied so end up eating more carbs but still feeling unsatisfied…
“””I am saying all this as latino immigrant who grew up in the “dark area” of society where a man has to do what he must to earn a living and there is no so such thing as health insurance and workers’s rights. I have had to work in brutal jobs like moving where you can forget about your health being a consideration. “””
Endure, Rise above, Do whatever it takes to get to the top and when you are wealthy, use your knowledge and power to help your own kind and f*ck the rest.
Powerful article, excellent. Shows you the reality without giving up hope
How to overcome this great depression and get better?
Realise that you have the power to change every part of your life. Use the wisdom that Victor provides on this blog, and apply it to your own life.
Eat healthily because good health is an antidepressant. Exercise, sleep and breathe properly too. Have a purpose.
Ignore the news, which is all fake anyway, and spend time with friends (online or in real life) and loved ones instead.
And never agree with a defeatist thought, always believe that there is a good solution to any problem, even if you can’t see it yet. Know that it’s there, and look for it.
Bravo!! Después de cinco años y de leer casi todos tus artículos ,este realmente me dejó motivado para patear traseros este 2019, un saludo desde Chile
2019 will be simply wonderful. Thank you, Victor, for your blog.
“The man who is emotional will always be manipulated by the cool, calm, and collected. If they can push your buttons, they will.”
True. Being cold works for me ( I didn’t lose my sense of humor though). It made my relationships thousand times better.
The biggest nightmare is seeing rest of the countries become exactly like modern America…
forced multiculturalism, diversity and feminism
imagine trying to leave America for another country… only to have America follow you everywhere…
Ever since getting on this raw meat diet (rarely cook meat now), I have been more energetic, more focused, and retain information better… Teeth seem whiter too and more visible jawline … faster recovery from muscle sore…
I consume the fattiest meat…
Many times … I have declined lunch and dinner offers and invite to eat out …. simply because I don’t want any carbohydrates and like my diet better… and when trying to explain, people look at you like you are crazy so I don’t bother to explain anymore…. in my eyes, they seem crazy to me…
once in a while, I might eat out here and there on a rare occasion but the bulk of my diet will be raw meat and animal fat.
Also this diet saves me cost… a lot of people think that they need to get bag of rice of multiple loafs of bread but I get 17 lbs of meat… that can last me for couple of weeks to month… depending on my portion size… and since eating enough portion of meat satiates you and you don’t need to stuff yourself constantly…
The people who keep stuffing their mouth with junk food is your body is instinctively telling you that it is craving for real food because all the artificial food you are stuffing is void of nutrition…. this is why you can meat enough portions of meat and feel full and satisfied.
listen to your body and be tune with nature. Do not try to fight against nature. Live in harmony with what nature intended us to do.
Great article Victor. Wish you a happy and rich 2019.
You too Damian. Keep up the good work.
That’s a hell of a build of to Monk Mode. Looking forward to it!
Amen.
Vic,
Really enjoyed “Sort by Controversial”.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Whats up Vic,
I am currently reading a book called “Homo Deus” in which the writer holds fast to this singularity crap. He actually believes that humans will merge with A.I. and become immortal before the year 2100.
I did not resonate with this viewpoint at all. Just like you I know that eventually nature will create an equilibrium for all this insanity and balance itself out.
Mankind will have to start all over again like we did many times before.
Great writing Vic, thank you!
Finding your blog started me on the path to becoming a better man, blogging and self improvement. Years later I’ve seen lots of what I would consider success. Thanks for that motivation.
I remember thinking for awhile your thoughts and ideas were getting a little redundant. It’s been awhile since I visited your site, but article is real good. Glad to see after lots of success there’s still growth and improvement.
Thanks again, all the best in 2019 Vic.
I hope or you are right, Victor!
Happy new year to all of you!
Victor Christ.
Vic,
I have followed your blog/empire for many years, and purchased some of your work, and this New Years post is one of your best, most inspirational pieces. I am getting my shit together for 2019 and this is exactly what I needed to read. Can you re-do this as an audio piece, and perhaps also a video with music & visuals suitable for MONK MODE, for when I need something to kick my ass back into gear?
I’ve got depression after reading The Manipulated Man and Shadow Men - An Encyclopedia of Mind Control, I can’t see the point of my life if everything is stacked against in me in such an overwhelming way.
What is the point if you can’t find a decent human being that isn’t conditioned to either hate you or dry you up (or both)? What is the point if you are born in a poor family that made and still makes poor choices that made your life miserable?
If somebody can answer me, please do.
Phrenology — the pseudoscientific field of study premised on the theory that a person’s intellect, personality and character can be determined by the shape of his or her skull — was responsible for a host of ills during its heyday in the 19th century and gave a sheen of “scientific” and “biological” truth to racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.
It was also responsible for the comically absurd illustrations and assertions found in Vaught’s Practical Character Reader, a 1902 volume that aimed to teach the public how to apply the principles of phrenology in judging people’s worth.
Published by Chicago phrenologist L.A. Vaught, who confidently claims that “its facts can be completely Demonstrated by all who will take the unprejudiced pains to do so,” the book lays out the 42 known elements of human nature (including Acquisitiveness, Benevolence, Amativeness and Weight) and how they’re made manifest in people’s heads, noses, ears and chins.
While the author expounds with conviction on “cruel eyes,” “selfish ears” and “gross, sensual chins,” the illustrator provides diagrams and pictures which have cemented the book as a classic in the genre of unintentional humor.
I never ever read such stupidity …
I start to read this book :
https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Forms-Cosmic-Cycles-Guenon/dp/0900588160/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1546332963&sr=8-22&keywords=rene+guenon
I really love it. It is deep and very clear and lucid, I love his work, I look forward to read ” the crisis of the modern world” .
I highly recommend his work to you.
This guy still know how to write an article.
I have been constantly repeating to myself the affirmation “2019 will be the best year of my life.” It will work
You don’t write anything about relationships on your site.
You write about Health, Wealth and Bodybuilding.
There’s barely anything about building a family, friends, and business associates.
You used to have blog posts with your son and you threw it out like a neglected child.
You seem to have me confused with someone else.