re: How many of you believe in "The One?"

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This feminized Disney/White Knight version of what American men of a certain class are supposed to be is drilled into us. So, believing in "the one" is just the reassuring self-deceit we have, it gives the relationship a sense of nobility and inevitability. M

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You basically hit the nail on the head. For the work we put in, American men for the most part don't get reciprocation in terms of looks, personality, or respect. I think that's pretty much the premise of Red Pillers when they first started coming up in the 2000's before it got labeled as an extremist movement.