Clarence Paller
In Russian, there is a word called “loh” which in English can be translated to a “fool”. Traits of being a “loh” are naiveness, group thinking, pleasing others, lack of willpower, weakness of character, being incongruent with words and actions, not being, and low accountability. Being this kind of person isn’t a good thing. The person who acts in this manner is self-sabotaging himself or herself. This impacts them: business, relationships, friendships, and everything else. It sets up the person for a whole host of problems in life and affects those around them like their families.
Someone who talks about this in length is Jordan Peterson, a Canadian professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and a clinical psychologist. He has many lectures, books, and podcasts on the topic. For this article, I am referencing Jordan Peterson’s lecture called “Jordan Peterson: Beta males, low social status & antisocial behavior” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZH0N9aECa0. There are dangers to the person living like a “Loh” from a personal level to society as a whole. The dangers we will cover throughout this piece.
Sadly, many people think it is somehow cute or acceptable to be a “loh” perhaps because society bombards people with this character type in T.V. shows, movies, and commercials, and normalizes this behaviour. If you take a look at the media landscape now, you will find characters that glorify being dim-witted especially, father figures like Peter Griffin, Homer Simpson, Jim Anderson in Father Knows Best, Al Bundy in Married With Children, and Jay Pritchett of Modern Family. TV dads are usually portrayed as foolish, no matter what race or socioeconomic status is depicted.” (National Fathers Institute, President, Christopher A. Brown).
These images manifest themselves in the real world in what can be called a “dumbing down of society”. This can be evidenced in a study by Swedish brain researcher Martin Ingvar, who has 35 years of experience in neuroscience. Martin ascribed our shrinking intellectual capacity to television and the overuse of tablets among children. “Once the children’s physical play is replaced with tablets and TV, it influences the thinking process. The children are missing out on important language development, which impairs abstract thinking — something that in turn affects the overall intelligence,” Ingvar explained (https://sptnkne.ws/gBaf). Childhood is where the foundation of the “Loh” personality is set and further indoctrinated through education system, then into the workplace, and most definitely on social media.
This is why supposedly educated people spend tens of thousands of dollars and go into deep debt for degrees that don’t have economic feasibility in the long term. Whereas, trades and other hands-on fields are much more practical and cost a fraction of the useless degrees that provide limited if any job prospects at all.
It is almost ironic that the supposedly, “educated” people are the ones so quick to follow groupthink and be incredibly naive. However, it makes sense; they were sold the lie that getting a degree means getting a high-paying job. This leads them to be disenfranchised by the reality of life once they graduate. That gut punch of reality is oftentimes too hard to swallow. Rather than take accountability and chart a new course it is easier to play the victim and blame the world for one’s problems.
This is where “Loh” minded people rather engage in “cognitive dissonance” and find comfort in viewpoints that fit their narratives and attack those that contradict their views and fragility.
This is where we see, “virtue-signaling” and mass propaganda of the “Trust the Science,” rhetoric behind the pandemic. Weak-minded people don’t dare question “The science” or presumed authority. The danger is very real here, “Either you think – or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night). Or as Jordan Petterson writes, “And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.” Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
