When punters in the US and the UK are betting whether Democratic-run “blue states” or Republican-led “red states” are likely to yield a greater proportion of infections and fatalities come 11/3.
Latest US results showed that around 53% of deaths have so far occurred in "blue" states and 47% in "red" ones. It’s no wonder that bookmakers are frustratingly changing the odds every other day, by constantly asking: “Is Covid-19 Blue or Red?”
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.”