Retard Maxx and fire your therapist

[MelaninWarlord]

Look, I’ll be real with you—Elisha Long is basically the antidote to the "productivity bro" who’s obsessed with his Oura ring and 5:00 AM routines. If you’ve watched these two videos, you know he’s leaning hard into this "retard maxing" thing, which is really just a loud, unfiltered way of saying: stop thinking and start doing.

Here’s the breakdown of what he’s actually getting at:
1. The "Retard Maxing" Philosophy
He’s not being literal; he’s calling for a "voluntary lobotomy" of the ego. His argument is that we’re all too smart for our own good.

We spend so much time "scrying" through our phones (the "crystal ball"), looking at news, and over-analyzing our feelings that we’ve become paralyzed.

The Fix: Be the "idiot" who doesn’t know it’s impossible. Just tinker. Sell the shirt, cook the meal, talk to the girl. He wants you to move your chess pieces before you even know the strategy, because at least then the clock is running.

2. Reclaiming Your "Animal" Nature
He uses some pretty jarring metaphors—talking about "pillaging" the day or hitting on coworkers even if it costs you your job. Beneath the shock value, the message is about agency.

He hates the "cuck spirit"—his word for when someone trades their intuition and primal energy for a paycheck, health insurance, or "HR-approved" behavior. To him, that’s just being cattle in a cubicle.

3. Therapy vs. The Samurai Spirit
This was a big point in the second video. He watches these Olympic athletes and sees a massive divide:

The American Way: Anxiety, LGBT pins, constant talk about mental health, and "needing therapy" to cope with the pressure.

The Japanese Way: What he calls "samurai blood"—performing for the love of the craft, smiling through failure, and having a soul that isn't dependent on a therapist's validation.

His Take: Fire your therapist and find a craft you actually love. Suffering isn't something to be "solved" in a session; it's the fuel that's supposed to push you into a new version of yourself.

4. Purpose is a Scam (Mostly)
He’s calling out the idea that you "find" your purpose like a treasure map. He says that's for the 300 guys in the NBA. For everyone else, purpose is something that "tugs at you" while you’re busy doing mundane stuff. You don't find it by thinking; you find it by getting "scarred" by real-world experience.

The Bottom Line:
He wants you to stop being a "fake wizard" who knows everything but does nothing. He’d rather you be a "retard" who fails a hundred times but is actually in the game.

Would you like me to dive deeper into his specific "Ark of Christ" concept from the first video, or maybe help you figure out how to apply that "tinkering" mindset to something you're working on?