The Italian sociologist living in the early 20th Century observed that the distribution of wealth and income remains roughly the same in modern industrialized societies no matter what governmental policies are pursued. A corollary of the Iron Law is the "circulation of elites" where groups vie to be the dominant group under various guises including equality and social justice, but there is always an elite no matter what.
Liberal elitist humanitarian: Let's pass legislation to make a more equal, fairer society.
Conservative realist: That will get us no where except you leftists will be in power rather than us. There is the brutal fact of Pareto's Iron Law. We cannot escape inequality of result.
Liberal elitist humanitarian: Well, I know, but at least we will be ahead of you conservatives. We hate you because you do not love everyone as we leftists do.
space.pareo is my lovely mutual who is very talented at writing (seriously i love stars fanfics), she is also extremely kind and friendly, very nice to talk to and it makes me happy. go support star on tiktok rn
"space.pareo is really cool"
"who?"
"oh my very awesome mutual on tiktok, you should go support her tiktok"
Space Pareo is the coolest pocketbff that you can ever have (although the pocket bff title is exclusive to emi only!) She loves RAS is the sweetest and the cutest and just amazing <33
She loves to play rhythm games especially bandori and is a huge rokkarei and masurei and and marurokkarei shipper, amazing writer and just omg. If you met star be glad cuz she’s the best I’m glad she’s my friend ( ◠‿◠ )
person1: yo have you heard ? Space.pareo is posting lots of stories on TikTok lately
Totally not emi: Omg! Did you know she also has mini tetris? I love it
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”