The Philosophy of Clavicular
Beyond the Blackpill: Mogging as an Offensive Strategy
Watching the interview of Clavicular by Michael Knowles has propelled me to write this essay, because in that interview Clavicular has essentially laid out his principles of being to the fullest degree.
The philosophy of Clavicular centers on the belief that physical appearance is the primary currency of social and personal success, contending that aesthetic appeal dictates the totality of human worth. In this framework, moral convictions and political ideologies are secondary to the primordial hierarchy of optics which is what determines a person’s social worth.
This mode of thought emerges as both a reaction against modern women’s dating standards and a repudiation of the incel movement, which is deeply entrenched in blackpill fatalism.
Clavicular’s philosophy synthesizes a clear acknowledgment that appearance does matter with a decisive rejection of the blackpill. Instead of the Blackpill, Clavicular is advocating for ascension through looksmaxxing.
Where Clavicular departs from incel ideology is in its understanding of ascension: it is not undertaken merely for mate attraction. The primary purpose of ascension is domination—to mog. For those of you who are not internet savvy enough, Mog comes from the original term, AMOG, which meant Alpha Male of the Group which was popular in PUA forms. Over time, it slowly turned into “mog” and became a more of a verb, rather than a noun. However, connotatively, it means to outshine someone.
This shift from “attraction” to “domination” marks a critical turning point in internet subcultures. While the traditional “redpill” was a survival strategy designed to navigate the existing sexual marketplace, Clavicular’s “mogging” is an offensive strategy designed to break it. It is the transition from a beggar seeking a seat at the table to a conqueror seeking to flip the table entirely. This is why his rhetoric resonates so deeply with a generation of young men who feel genetically disenfranchised; it offers them a path to power that doesn’t require the permission of a partner.
To quote Nick Fuentes:
That is precisely what makes it Nietzschean, ascension is done for the purpose of social domination, not for the purpose of attracting a mate. Showing one’s superiority becomes an end in and of itself.
In the following segment I will talk about the socio-political implications of this emerging thought pattern and why it’s generally anti-social (and no, that’s not because Clavicular encourages his followers to use drugs!).
By the end of the article, I provide my own evolutionary guide to ascension which I call the Progressive Ascension.
