The old manosphere was great for comparing notes on what was going on. But the old red pill sites are mostly gone and have been replaced by a great deal of astro turf. Lately, I have noticed people aren't very friendly in public anymore. Asked around to some of the locals and they have told me no one goes out. Have to search to find people.
Also, I was talking with a younger dude who spends his summers going up to Alaska to work. I have known guys who have done that but didn't realize there was an extensive network of guys who do it. From what I gather a good chunk of these guys don't have wives or girlfriends, most are in their twenties but not all. The guy in question is tall, good looking, a very hard worker and a very nice guy. He made it sound like he didn't expect to get a girlfriend anytime soon, and didn't really expect to meet one. I have also known military guys who basically just dropped out of society and traveled. Also nice dudes. And then there was all the gym bros who dropped out after the Tiktok gals started harassing people at the local gyms.
How many young guys have just dropped out of society? I mean, all the dudes I cited are fit, good looking dudes. Just gone. It's hard to tell with the red pill videos as a good chunk of those guys are salesman selling their product, but how bad is it really now? Especially post covid. How many men just dropped out altogether? I'm getting the impression from this anecdotal evidence that it's getting worse, as there is always guys who drop out... But the majority didn't used to be dudes in their prime who were fit and good looking.
It's not even a matter of "stopping the bitch from robbing you via divorce", that's just now part of the whole deal when you sign up for one. Women expect to be able to be given the get out of the relationship for half your stuff card to use whenever they want, otherwise they won't want anything to do with you.
That 50yo rich dude marrying the 18yo girl... You think she's going to be with him for the next 40 years until he dies? Hah, not a chance. He'll maybe get 7 years out of her before the divorce. She'll probably throw a few kids in there for good measure after she talks to a whole team of lawyers and family experts who all know what the best chances are for her to extract as much money from the guy when she leaves, who were coaching her before she even got marriage by putting those thoughts in her head. She'll tell everyone he was abusive and that this only changed after a few years of the marriage whereas before he wasn't like that so there was no way she could tell, boohoo. Same old story all women use that completely forgets to mention how she changed that led to his change in behavior also. It turns out when you go from BJs and sex everyday and "yes daddy, whatever you want" to I'm your equal partner in this equal marriage so you better listen here mister and do what I want, oh and I have a headache, that guys start to change from whatever my princess wants to live up to your end of the bargain bitch.
Anyway, if you aren't getting married expecting your marriage to end then you're doing it wrong it you're marrying a woman so low on the scale of what men like in women that it's going to be you eventually wanting the divorce, not her.
I'm divorced and she barely got anything. She got about $20k in total.
What you need to understand is that all women are whores, period. Where there's no cash exchanged, there's value being exchanged some other way. Some women are fine with men exchanging their looks, penis and work around the house in exchange for the woman because she knows she's worth relatively little money given how ugly/fat she is but the man isn't getting that pussy for free. He's paying somehow.
So while you're right that in theory no man should xyz regarding women because men should be the ones women are paying for not the other way around, in our current society if men try to transact with women such that women pay for the men then men end up with absolutely nothing. A big fat 0. You either pay women for their vagina or you get nothing. And you get what you pay for at the end of the day. Some guys try to game the system as much as they can but it usually doesn't pan out either because absolutely everything in our society is designed around teaching women how valuable they are and how they can best extract as much as they want from men. Shelter a woman from this and all it takes is a few hours on tiktok for her to have been indoctrinated by society enough to fuck you over and start demanding more payment.
You either pay for a woman's vagina or you get no vagina. That's how our society works.
You are correct on all points except your personal choice regarding what works best for you isn't necessarily the same for all men. I don't give a rats ass about continuing my genetic line. In fact, I never want my line to continue because if I hate this world then so will my kids. I'm committing genetic suicide because it's the honorable thing to do. I'd rather live the way I am now rather than trying to spite the system and take such a quality of life hit just so I can feel good about saying fuck you to the system but I make $150k/yr by doing fuck all. Other men may find themselves in different positions. If you've got fuck you money then it's better to waste it for your own gain rather than throw it away to prove a point. If you don't have fuck you money then bring the system down.