Long before I met Vox (decades) and came across his SSH with the various archetypes, I had already developed my own framework for a SSH. Mine was simpler in that it was more reductive due to my paying attention to what was relevant to me most of all. 1
My SSH only had three archetypes and they are identified below along with the equivalent versions from Vox’s SSH:
Kurgan SSH Vox SSH
Alphas – Alphas
Betas – Betas/Bravos, Gammas, Deltas, Omegas, Lambdas
Scouts – Sigmas
My reasoning was actually based on the same two parameters Vox used, the social aspect, and the sexual aspect; which proves that the reality of the theory has always existed, just almost no one ever laid it out systematically before.
In primitive societies, it has never been unusual that if a member of another rival society was seen, he may often be killed on sight. If this was a universal constant, humanity would have remained divided into various little tribes, and in reality, one only need look at Europe circa the 1600s or the American Indians before the Euros came to wipe them out, and you do in fact tend to have that. Various areas that are ethnically homogeneous and in conflict with other regions of different tribes and ethnicities.
Nevertheless, there has always been a tiny percentage of men that not only could , but must have been able not only to infiltrate tribes other than their own, but do so successfully enough to breed and propagate their infiltrating DNA so that at least that tiny percentage of their kind continues to exist. At the time that I theorised this, I assumed that Scouts would be more likely to produce other Scouts, both due to epigenetic as well as cultural/skill passing down from fathers to sons. The other theory I had was that such men were probably more likely to have multiple children from different women.
It’s been about some 30 years since I came up with this theory, and I have gathered enough data, at least in my personal life experience, both direct and anecdotal (but factually accurate) that I am satisfied both criteria are broadly speaking correct.
Now… by definition, a Scout is chameleonic, able to work alone (in fact usually prefers it) and sees social conventions as merely masks or costumes that people wear depending on the situation. Many of which can be ignored, depending on his specific aims, and some of which it becomes advantageous to not only ignore, but ride roughshod over.
In other words, my Scout and Vox’s Sigma are pretty accurate versions of each other, although Vox’s version probably has broader application and covers a few various “versions” of Sigma. Being the most individualistic of the archetypes, Sigmas could… possibly… at a stretch… be classified into a couple of sub-categories, if one were splitting hair, which honestly, for the most part, is not required anyway.
Nevertheless, and for mostly the same reasons of self-reliance, independent capacity for action, self-motivated drive, and so on, it is quite likely that a Scout/Sigma has the following traits, though in general, these all tend to be more prevalent to a higher level in one of my Scouts that Vox’s Sigmas, mostly because Sigmas have a wider set (they could be an eccentric software developer (e.g. Steve Jobs) and therefore, on average somewhat less likely to be a Hannibal Lecter, or Lenny McLean):
- Competent at a high level in multiple fields (this especially applies somewhat more to Scouts than Vox’s Sigmas)
- Dangerous in the extreme if threatened on/about something he cares about deeply enough
- Capable of quick thinking on his feet to a degree that probably is the top of the hierarchy on average
- Tends to have a “do it absolutely right or not at all” attitude to… kinda everything they even care slightly about doing
Now… here is the problems you are likely to face, possibly daily, if you have a Sigma Father:
- VERY low threshold of tolerance for half-assed work of any kind
- Ditto apathy concerning anything they deem important
- Ditto any perceived disrespect
- Ditto general stupidity/errors/bad attitude due to laziness, “whatever” attitude. TikTok brainrot, not paying attention in general and more so specifically if he is trying to explain something
Additionally, even if the child is doing their best, if their competence is low, primarily due to lack of experience, quick cogitation, etc, a Sigma dad is likely to lose his shit and ask if you’re retarded or your brain is in your ass today.
In today’s faggotised world, many metrosexuals, feminists, and assorted spineless groomers, will try and pass this behaviour off as “abusive”.
The reality is that even the average Delta 200 years ago would probably behave somewhat this way if their son was being dim about picking up the skills the father was trying to pass on.
Now, there IS one overarching benefit to all this, which applies if the Sigma dad actually truly loves his children. They become more effective. It’s true a Delta will never become a Sigma, etc. BUT… there definitely IS something about the DNA forming more Sigmas in Sigma family lines.
It’s not an easy thing to research on a large scale, but I think it is at least likely that a Sigma dad will potentially create Sigma children. Partly by DNA, partly by upbringing possibly. And I think possibly by culture too.
I’ve yet to meet a Venetian that follows “conventional” anything, be it wisdom, common sense, etc. It seems to be an ingrained trait that Venetians will think for themselves as much as possible and considerably more than other cultures I have come across, with the exception possibly being the Irish and the Basques, which can be equally as bizarre/ornery/counter-everything-normal.
An Englishman is considered “eccentric” if he is a Sigma with good manners and a rebel of some sort if he lacks them. A Venetian Sigma in Venice just blends into the crowd quite a lot more than an English Sigma does in an English city.
So… while having a Sigma father might not be scented rose petals all the way, and quite a bit more thorny rose stalks whipped on your ass if you don’t move fast and well enough, it generally does give you an advantage in life by making you expect more from yourself (and others) as well as giving you more general ability at all sorts of random skills that you’re unlikely to learn from just about any other kind of father.
It’s probably why my 13 year old daughter, a year ago already, presented me with this .
And an example of her Venetian thought process was shown here . Neither aspect being a rare occasion. Some aspect of it all presents daily from at least 3 of the children on any given day.
And she’s been after me teaching her to punch and shoot, despite being very much a girlie-girl and NOT a tomboy at all; though she likes sports and wants to start gymnastics and is a good swimmer.
The other girls are even more into learning anything from handling a chainsaw to driving a car, and all sorts of other things there is no way they can even try to do competently (or at all in many cases) yet, being as they are 10, 4, and 2.
The six year old boy is already a Sigma as far as I can tell. He doesn’t give a crap about social conventions, though he is able to follow them when it suits him. And he’s equally happy to completely ignore them regardless of consequences when the mood takes him to do so instead. He’s not bothered by being on his own, though he is able to play with others for a bit. And I already had reports of him and I think two girls being set upon by most of the rest of the class and him fighting a bunch of other kids off. Reasons unspecified/unknown/unknowable.
He sometimes acts in ways that make you think he might be borderline retarded, then today he asked me how you play Go (the Japanese game) and I thought, what the hell, I’ll show him briefly, he won’t really get it. We played 4 games on a small section of the board and I gave him seven stones handicap three times, and six once. Please take note that the adult “Scout” who lived with us for a year, never got a single game from me; even when I gave him nine stones advantage.
Well, the little Viking won 3 out of 4 games.
Most adults will simply not get the rules of Go until they played a few games. He seemed to be a natural at it. So he’s far from stupid, plus he is a long-timeline thinker. he regularly saves his treats for later, thinks ahead and is interested in how money works, how you get it, what you can do with it and so on.
I didn’t force or even encourage him to think as he does.
But then, my family history is pretty much a long line of Sigmas doing weird stuff for the last 825 years or so. And quite a few of the weirdoes inhabit my matrilineal lines too. So I do think there is a genetic element.
Whoever the Spartans became, there probably is a little Spartan way of doing things left in there somewhere. So it makes sense to me that Sigma traits may well be passed down from generation to generation.
No one who knows my father would argue he is anything but a Sigma. Ditto my grandfather, (his father) even if they were very different men, and ditto again both my paternal great-grandfathers. One became a general and was in the Boxer war and other conflicts, and eventually died of complications from taking a sniper’s bullet to his lung. The sniper had been shooting officers when they went to the latrine, and one of the common soldiers said “If that bastard shoots again we’ll get him General!”
GGF: “ Are you sure soldier?”
Soldier: “Yes sir, I saw the general area he was firing from last time, I am keeping my eyes on that spot. If he shoots again I’ll be able to say exactly where…”
GGF: —Stands up saluting—
Sniper: *BANG*
The sniper got caught. And Great-Grandfather caught one in the lung and died some years later.
Both sets of great-grandparents had an itch to explore. To go where other men feared to go. As did both sets of my grandfathers. In my own father this meant leaving Europe for the wildest parts of Africa; camping on lone hills where the locals never went for fear of ghosts, demons, assorted witchcraft, and wild beasts. Risking getting killed by hippos in the Niger to help villagers who had their crops destroyed by the large and dangerous animals, and doing too many crazy things to list, but you can read about a good portion of them yourself if you want, and honestly, it’s a riveting read.
In looking at how I was raised, there is no doubt it was “harsh” by any modern standards. But there was also no doubt ever about the fact my dad would die for any of his kids without hesitation. And that man has a far larger fear of death than I ever had, so it’s just that bit harder for him I think, and all the more commendable for it.
Sigma dads are not necessarily fun or easy to have as fathers. I know that too. I see it in myself even as I try to curb the worst parts of it. My wife was horrified at a conversation we had once, when, in frustration at her not grasping my way of doing things, I explained that:
“Look, if I could be certain that by pushing a button that ensures my children all hate me and will spit on my grave, it would also ensure they have awesome, happy, full lives, where they are safe and free, and able to have a bunch of children of their own in happy marriages, I would jump on that fucking button a thousand times just to be sure I pushed it properly!”
She looked at me aghast. Her natural female instinct probably sensing life never works that way in black and white, and shocked I would even think up the analogy, much less be serious about it (and I know life is not binary better than most, but the analogy worked to make the point I was trying to get across).
Because a Sigma father will not care about himself or how you see him, as much as he will care about you being able to make your way well in the world of indefatigable and endless idiots that inhabit this somewhat (but not entirely) accursed Earth.
So… suffer the children they might. But stronger the men and women they will become.
See the schedule and note that anything that is not an Alpha or a Scout in my SSH is a beta. The reason for this is that all of these archetypes are essentially non-dangerous in any confrontation that is likely to take place. Of course, some insidious Gamma can wreck your life by hiking interest rates on your mortgage, or whatever, but in a man-to-man world, (and yes, even in such circumstances) they will absolutely fold when faced with an Alpha or a Scout putting a colt .45 in their face and asking for immediate redress. I know this “method of measurement” is, of course, primitive in the extreme; but you would be surprised to know how often in my life, perhaps because of where I spent some 25 years at least, such events seemed to “come up”. When push comes to shove, being able to gauge the type before you is a minimum level skill if you are going to stand a good chance of winning.
This post was originally published on my Substack. Link here
