Changing definitions of masculinity

Consumerism determines what is both normal and what is considered moral these days. Even the concept of masculinity, whatever it was before, of which we ought to be unsure,  has altered into a mere demand for the right to consume only quality feminine goods.   Bravery and stoicism no longer are retained as "masculine" ideals.   To be masculine these days is to consume more opulence.

So what has become of transcendence (the psychological and intellectual space of knowledge once annexed as the masculine prerogative per se)? It has been replaced by the sucking infant, who demands only the best to keep him self-satisfied and suckling.

Oddly enough, consumerism as a creed has also come to totally dominate the right wing's rhetoric, especially when its members accuse other folk of "whining". Reading between the lines, they're saying something like: "You are just complaining about the discontinuous nature of your right to consume, as if it were the most painful thing a human could experience. However, we, ourselves, are able to disengage from consuming for moments at a time! We really ARE the Übermensch of the contemporary era. So you'll have to reach our level in society if you want to consume as avidly as we do, and with such mastery of the subject!"