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The brutality they exercise on one another is borderline pornographic. Society has never told men that in order to be real men, they must not fight, nor express their animalistic instincts. It is, rather, the opposite. War Machine<\/a> may currently be public enemy number one, but the fact remains that MMA is one of the most popular sports in the modern age. Violence is in vogue. So what the fuck are these guys rebelling against so emphatically?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fifteen Years Later, ‘Fight Club’ Still Sucks | VICE United States<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The brutality they exercise on one another is borderline pornographic. Society has never told men that in order to be real men, they must not fight, nor express their animalistic instincts. It is, rather, the opposite. 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