The Red Pill Was Always a Lie
The truth about the red pill truth.
What’s up man, welcome to The Dream Lounge.
Today’s newsletter is going to run a little deeper and hotter than usual. Before we get started, I want to point your attention to an essay by GLO titled The Red Pill Is Uncompromising Rejection published in December.
It’s a quick yet powerful read that you should consume now, or at latest right after reading this newsletter, like a chaser. Essentially this is his take on what “the red pill” is today, and what is has been during the internet’s short history. This includes how people use and misuse it, going half blue pill or half red pill, etc.
He takes the metaphor about as far as you can possibly go in a useful and authentic way.
While I support the basic thrust of GLO’s essay… I have a slightly different take on the same issue set. Fundamentally my position is the very title of this essay: that the red pill was always a lie, even from its earliest inception and use.
In fact …
