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How do I stop myself from becoming the Underground man? I could relate with a lot of his thoughts, minus the blatant misogyny and narcissistic tendencies.

Dosto's answer in his later novels was faith, but I live in an atheist country so I would just be alienated even more.

>> No.14791596

>>14791576
Embrace your fear and act in spite if it.

Fear leads to bitterness.

>> No.14791603

The same way you stop yourself from becoming Ignatius or Don Quixote.

>> No.14791623

>>14791603
suicide?

>> No.14791647

>>14791576
By finding out who your enemies are and fighting your inner demons.
Finding something beautiful to occupy yourself with helps a lot.
I'm a Catholic living in an atheist country but it feels like they're stuck with me, not the other way around. You just have to be passionate about your beliefs - what's the worst that can happen that didn't happen to someone in history already? Lose my fucking job?

>> No.14791657

>>14791647
the thing is, I'm not a believer, I'm talking about a hypothetical leap of faith here

>> No.14791661

>>14791576
>minus the blatant misogyny and narcissistic tendencies
You will be fine. Either you go full undergorund man or you don't.

>> No.14791682

>>14791661
this
You seem to be a rational, self aware person from what you posted. Hold on to that

>> No.14791700
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>>14791657
Sounds to me like you'd benefit from reading pic related. This could help you to find something within you you thought you didn't have, even if you're anglo.

>> No.14791740

>>14791682
thanks anon, from what I've seen most people seen to despise the Underground man. So when I find a part of myself in him (the incoherent thought process, the self-isolation, the destructive masochistic self-pity and lack of motivation in modern society), I can't just ignore it as I'm aware that thinking I would be different than others with similar feelings group would just be my own bias towards myself.
>>14791700
I'm not even anglo, but my French isn't good enough to read the original

>> No.14791790

>>14791740
>would just be my own bias towards myself.
You recognizing this and wanting to make a change puts you above others. I have someone in my family who recognises that something's not right but does nothing to change it - that is the underground man.
>but my French isn't good enough to read the original
You can read it in English, it's perfectly fine. And since you're not Anglo you are definitely able to become faithful.

>> No.14791842
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>>14791576
The underground man was based. He believed what he believed about the society. His mistake was directing his anger against himself instead of turning it into something constructive.

P.S. Dostoevsky was a cuck

>> No.14791850

>>14791842
neet was a commie?

>> No.14791858

>>14791850
lol no. He didn't give a fuck about modes of production.

>> No.14791951

>>14791740
don't worry anon, I doubt you will ever be a underground man

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I just finished reading this for college and had the exact same worries. This book depresses me because my professor talked about how terrible of a human he is and then I ended up finding qualities of myself in the first part. Not so much the second though. I dont want to be a bitter shitter but damn sometimes it's just so hard to interact with society. It can be like pulling teeth

>> No.14792007

>>14791850
I think the pic is to show that people paint every belief imagineable on Neet.

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>>14791576
https://discord.gg/E22wu2Y

>> No.14792171

>>14791842
Gayest image in existence

>> No.14792201

Dude, why is this the most wholesome and supportive thread I've seen on 4chan.

>> No.14792257

>>14791647
How much of your belief do you think is actually just the comfort of knowing so many millions of people before you have held those beliefs fervently and seriously?
Not trying to attack your faith at all, don't take it that way, I am really interested in knowing your opinion