• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Lol, there’s already an obsession with martial arts in America. I don’t think having more people with Joe Rogan brain running around is going to help anyone.

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        2 days ago

        And I imagine Joe Rogan didn’t start his career by immediately getting ripped and doing steroids.

        I just don’t really think something as simple as taking judo classes is really going to do much to tackle a problem that likely started at the socioeconomic scale.

        A large part of conservative propaganda is telling individuals that cleaning their room or working out will solve their problems. When in reality the problems are much more complex and likely systemic in nature.

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          8 hours ago

          I just don’t really think something as simple as taking judo classes is really going to do much to tackle a problem that likely started at the socioeconomic scale.

          I think a role model of positive masculinity is a good place to start.

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            3 hours ago

            think a role model of positive masculinity is a good place to start.

            Right, but what about being a judo instructor makes you automatically a positive masculine role model? Steven Seagal instructs aikido an even less aggressive martial arts and he’s a giant piece of shit.

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              3 hours ago

              Nothing automatically makes someone a good role model obviously, but going through a program like Judo teaches you a lot of things like being humble.

              I’d actually contrast that to supposedly softer martial arts like aikido where you don’t actually train with resistance and therefore don’t get that humbling effect that I was talking about.