Fight Club – How (Not) To Become A Space Monkey (15:11) ~ Like Stories of Old

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I don’t really agree with this video.

Yes, there was a leader - but I don’t believe Fight Clubs’s “followers” were blind or ignorant followers (“the space monkeys”). They too, had come to the same conclusion about life and society as did the main character/“Tyler”. They too were upset and tired of the corruption and bullshit. So they were introduced to fight club.

They weren’t mindless followers. They were into it 100%, life pushed them to that point like it pushed the main character into creating Tyler, an alter ego who could take the form of a leader and was charismatic. There was no fight club when he broke; so he made it. Had there been one and he was handed a card or invited to a fight club as were the others, he would have become a “space monkey” too.

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They too, had come to the same conclusion about life and society as did the main character/“Tyler”. They too were upset and tired of the corruption and bullshit.

Yes, and they even agreed that they should take action, violent action. Sure there are some very good reasons why you might want to have the same attire. For example, the cops can't single you out if you're the drunk Santa who pissed on their car if you're in the middle of a Santa Rampage. But the fact remains they were doing cult behavior and giving up their individuality and personality to conform. Part of the pros and cons of being in a group/mob is that members can grow courage and confidence in things they wouldn't have otherwise, for better or worse.

I don't always post content I agree with, and sometimes it's just food for thought with a different perspective.