To be quite clear, it has been patriarchy itself, and never its self-proclaimed enemies, that have convinced me that patriarchy is a failed system. Patriarchy never gives what it has promised.
Supposing the patriarchal man wants love -- and yet would bind me in chains in order to get it. Such is the precise condition for the very negation of love.
Supposing the one who has faith in patriarchy expects others to respect him, yet patriarchal values have taught him to belittle all those that it deems inferior. He is therefore unable to get those whom he belittles to respect him, for they perceive him as acting in a cowardly fashion.
Supposing he upholds the value of the system as it currently is. He likes the status quo, and believes that it is beyond criticism. He comes across as passive, unresponsive, unable to see another person's point of view.
In all ways, the adherent to patriarchal values mitigates against his own interests. His actions promote the very conditions that will undermine him in due course.
An Internet troll is very similar in all sorts of ways, as his actions demand he should be banned.
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