The Male Simulacrum: Algorithmic Masculinity

By Lemoine Drake

Why organise with fellow workers for a living wage when you are too busy "grinding" to become a billionaire? Why build community when you can hack your cortisol? Why fight the system when you can buy the aesthetic of rebellion? Why does the modern man-outwardly optimized and digitally connected-feel like a ghost in his own life?The Male Simulacrum argues that his loneliness is not a personal failure, but the logical outcome of a centuries-long con. Tracing a line from the mythic frontiersman to the tech bro, this book reveals how capitalism has continually rewritten the "ideal man" to serve its economic needs, leaving behind a hollow, market-ready shell. The result is a man who mistakes performance for purpose, metrics for meaning, and the anxiety of never being enough for the engine of ambition itself. This book is an autopsy of that ghost-and a map for the living to find their way out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9083639509
• ISBN13: 9789083639505
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Z-1 Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"