187 - Almost a Famous MGTOW

Today's video is brought to you by Elliot. He wants me to cover the famous Russian writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoy. This isn't another part of my god among MGTOW series but instead a video discussing his relationship between Leo and his Wife Sophie. So let me get to it and this is what Elliot has to say: "Hi Sandman, I really enjoy your videos, and have learned a lot from them. You do a great job reading your well reasoned and researched scrips. Thank you for your work. Please make a video about Leo Tolstoy. One of his short stories, "The Kreutzer Sonata", has a chapter that reads like one of your videos. Of course Leo Tolstoy's hateful wife had to have the last word by writing two responses. From my research, Leo Tolstoy wanted to be a MGTOW, but did not leave his wife. Even on his death bed she tried to make him accept her belief in the Orthodox Church. His response was, "Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six." From his writings it seems like he has a personal relationship to God, but disliked organizations that try to insert themselves between people and God. He was a truth seeker, and a great writer. I look forward to watching your video about him. Thank you. Thank You." Well that's what Elliot has to say. And I'm including two links in the description below that Elliot mentions. The first link is the chapter from The Kreutzer Sonata that I'm going to discuss and read a portion of the text from. It's not very long and only roughly two pages so if you want to read it then please do so. The Sonata starts talking about Jewish people before it mentions women. I'm guessing that through most of history in Europe Jewish people were handicapped by governments and not allowed to be politicians and leaders in those countries. They were looked down upon and not allowed to run for public office or become monarchs or aristocrats. Or maybe he's stating that Jewish people don't have the right to vote back then. I'm not sure. But anyways the Jewish people were allowed to make money by becoming merchants. And through the power of money is how Leo Tolstoys sees the Jewish people as being powerful. Almost like they had to compensate for a lack of political and social power in society by gaining more power over money. And then they lent that money back to the people that were oppressing them and collected the interest. And Tolstoy sees women the same way in this chapter and he says that while women do not have the right to choose the politicians they can vote into power they take their power from the ability to choose what she wants from life based on man that she is married to. She dictates to him what she wants, abuses him and becomes the supreme entity in the man woman relationship. And where does a woman get this power to choose her lifestyle and convince her husband to give her what she wants? Kreutzer Sonata - Chapter 9http://www.online-literature.com/tols...More Than a Century Later, Sophia Tolstoy Has Her Sayhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/boo...Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mgtow/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy