Jordan Peterson and the Myth of the Modern Man

Critics frame him as "the stupid man's smart person." For millions of fans, Peterson whitewashes ultra-conservative beliefs with academic-sounding bluster, framing disaffected young men as mythic-grade heroes who have been undermined by modern liberalism and its loose moral structure.

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Take Sisyphus as an icon of masculine identity: see the stalwart, self-sacrificing, Adonic man on his hill, the hulking burden of his rock, and his never-ending tread.

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Kanye Designs Clothes for Conservatives in "Blexit" Campaign

Kanye West and Candace Owens join forces to attack the Democratic Party in the name of...themselves.

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Once again, Kanye West's clothing designs come with a complimentary political tirade.

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