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Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens.

Start at sixteen or seventeen during the summers. Shovel gravel. Haul lumber. Dig trenches. Stack crates in a warehouse or under a blazing sun. Work alongside other men. Get blisters. Get a tan. Bleed. Operate tools. Push through fatigue. Learn how to keep going when everything hurts.

That kind of work recalibrates a young man. It teaches him how the world works. He learns how to manage risk. It humbles the ego. It strengthens the will. And when he later moves into more intellectual work, he’ll carry the weight of that discipline with him. He’ll be grounded in reality. He’ll respect the people who keep the world running.

For blue-collar men, this work may become a permanent path. For others, it becomes part of their foundation. Either way, it builds the man.

For women, the equivalent is care.

Caring for children. Helping the elderly. Supporting a relative. Babysitting or assisting in a daycare. The act of nurturing life shapes them. It brings out their natural strength. It teaches patience, empathy, and the quiet endurance that holds families together.

Both paths form the soul.

One through hardship.

One through love.

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Robert Allen 4mo ago

Yes. This is a foundational necessity for every man.

John Montgomery 4mo ago

Love this. Sanded. Sheetrock in the summers during high school. Brutal hot building, long days, 6 day weeks. 25+ years later I still look back. Not fondly exactly, but with great respect.

TheRupertDamnit 4mo ago

Im gonna have to disagree in part to the "women" part. Having been the older sister that babysat constantly, the older cousin that babysat constantly, the oldest grandchild that helped the grandparents AND great grandparents constantly, it did nothing to increase my patience once I became a mother. In fact, by the time I got to my own children I had far less patience than I would have had I just been allowed to grow and learn as a child and not a little adult because I was tired of being in charge of everyone else's everything.

noahrevoy 4mo ago

I am sorry that you had that experience growing up. I also had a tremendous amount of responsibility placed on me from a very young age, and I can see how it could have led to resentment.

It sounds to me like, instead of being given the opportunity to gradually develop your caring skills, you were simply dumped on, and that is very different. I understand what you are saying. I have spoken with other women who had similar experiences, where negligent parents placed an excessive burden of responsibility on them rather than gifting them just the right amount.

I have seen the same dynamic with both men and women who were forced to work too many hours from a young age. It often created resentment toward work itself, because they were not able to enjoy its rewards, especially if the work was either futile or for a family business where they saw no personal benefit.

Of course, there must be balance. By the time a person is around fourteen years old, most have a natural desire to be productive, to work and to contribute something to the family and to society. It is also completely normal to want to gain some advantage or benefit for ourselves from that work and to have some recreation as well.

sêkwêstkwân ᓭᑫᐧᐢᑎᑳᐧᐣ 4mo ago

I as a 7 year old child worked very hard, I laminated wood door panels, sprayed the doors at 11 PM so dad could get his contract done in the morning. When I turned 11 I one time gave my dad my time sheet with 1000 hours on it un paid. He nearly laid a brick, but fair is fair. He scrimped and paid the 3,500.00 in cash to me.

It built me. tempered me. I learned the value of hard work, sweat and the principles of a deal. I had nothing given to me. Everything was earned. When I turned 16 I had my own horse, beehive, dog, car and was well on my way to manhood. Was it hard? yes. At time was I bitter? yes! But I am a far better man.

farooq 4mo ago

💯

Chef Tommy 4mo ago

This.

Dan 4mo ago

I worked in a toll booth on the highway. Dirty air, close enough

Ragamuffin 4mo ago

So tru.

Wasted Potential 4mo ago

This kinda talk is being called segregation and toxic masculinity nowadays

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ben 4mo ago

i couldn’t agree more

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Jacob (Organix Farms) 4mo ago

Agreed 💯

Noisy signal 4mo ago

Times are moving, changing , evolving.

1. We are in a world of broken minds.

2. Broken money.

3. Fake media, who spout false narratives .

4. Lying politicians.

5. A health industry who are dealers. Not healers.

6. An education system built for indoctrination, without parental consent.

7. A judicial system designed to protect the predators and punish the victims.

8. A government working hard to take control of every facet of a citizens life.

9. Critical thinking, challenging narratives squashed, replaced with twisted sick alternatives.

10. And banks that continue to launder money, sex trafficking , military arms deals, confiscation, account closures and toilet paper production .

And you call yourself a ' Natural Law Senior Fellow'.

Well hello there - I'm the village idiot.

Your little note wants to keep the status quo - work 19,000 hours of a lifetime from age 18 - 65 - pay taxes, pay into a retirement fund ripe for looting and die happy. And in the meantime slot the female into a life of servitude.

Give yourself a new title and come back with a better note.

noahrevoy 4mo ago 💬 1

Did you know that when you assume so much it makes you look like an ass?

But I do accept that you are the village idiot. An apt description of you based on your comment.

Moritz Bierling 4mo ago

These people really think they accomplished something after posting their ChatGPT pseudo smart slop 🤣

Noisy signal 4mo ago

Oh my goodness

Seems like I've attracted another Natural Law Institute person. I'm honoured - this time it's a very important Vice President .

I am happy to engage . Slinging muck is a two way street.

I am truly interested in your stance why physical work is an asset. Why you think women should be assigned the nurturing role. Define soul.

I believe the first seven years of a childs life defines his/her adult life. Values learned, respect taught, working in the family firewood/drystock farming business and taking responsibility for their actions.

My daughters are in industries usually defined as roles for men. This was by merit. Not that DEI rubbish. They're in corporate companies and now one of them is launching a partnership business, because they've attracted a $2 million service contract.

I disagree that young people should be physically working in their prime, unless that is their personal choice. It is not for the likes of you and I to decide what would be good for their souls. We have spent their future on consumerism, convenience and empty rhetoric, lured them into student debt, empty degrees with no job potential and what hope do we give them? Military fodder?

And if you think this note was generated by AI - you honour me. Translation - means the village idiot has some marbles.

I expect a response relating to the thesis in your first note noahrevoy.

Are you Zionists ?

DrDaniel⚡️BlueRidgeBitcoin 4mo ago

Village idiot: Do you have any clue WHY things got so bad?

Noisy signal 4mo ago

Well lets see.

I'll start with Rothschild Dynasty.

Your turn.

Kayne 4mo ago

Yeah every young man should break his back and work himself to the bone so that someone else can profit from his Labour and he won't live as long that way.

What great advice for people who want to be fucked and crippled before they turn 60

ihsotas 4mo ago

A couple seasons of hard labor isn’t going to cripple you.

DrDaniel⚡️BlueRidgeBitcoin 4mo ago

Spoken like someone who has never lifted a finger.

Caleb Gregory 4mo ago

This is so true. I set power poles for a few years as I worked my way through college. I learned more setting the power poles than in college. In my 30’s I’m so thankful for those long hot summers as a young adult setting power poles in the middle of nowhere.

Average Geo 4mo ago

This sort of work started for me at 8, and it was to help support the family. I thought it was cruel at the time, but it taught me a lot and I appreciate my dad for instilling hard work skills, experience and ethics in me at such a young age.

CR45H 0V3RR1D3 4mo ago

Agreed. It’s important to build a good work ethic in a time when people would prefer to work from the comfort of their couch.😅

The BTC DDS 4mo ago

This was very true for my wife and I. I worked on a farm all through high school and college and she babysat during that time. Doing hard, manual labor taught me how to push through things I didn’t want to do, which still applies to my job today

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noahrevoy 4mo ago 💬 1

Here is my 11 year old son helping with bailing hay.

He loved the whole experience of working on a farm for 2 weeks.

Marc 4mo ago

Precious.

Flowers4Sovereignty 4mo ago

💐💐💐

AndroDark 4mo ago

I worked on my childhood collecting almonds and olives with my parents. It was hard, but I don't change this experiences for nothing

tuco 4mo ago

At my grandparents farm we children helped in all the task on our level. It only gave us good and it was really fun.

Mentat 4mo ago

And everyone should spend a few years in the service industry as well, waiting tables and sweating in a kitchen. It helps develop respect and compassion for when you’re a customer being served.

Boog 4mo ago

Agreed working in all the elements builds character

Tara 4mo ago

As a mother of two men intraining, I support this message.

🌻

Telluride 4mo ago