George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/20243. I’ve been reading a bit recently about the extreme isolation many young men suffer, alongside other erosions caused by neoliberalism (loss of good steady jobs, prospects of a decent home, sense of meaning, purpose, utility). They suffer humiliation and frustration: dangerous forces in politics. 2341629
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/20244. The right-wing influencers of the manosphere speak to this frustration and alienation. Demagogues pitch a politics of hyper-masculinity, and suggest that men can transcend their humiliation by asserting a warrior ethos. There is now a major political gender divide among young people. 739625
rafaelmelchor.bsky.social @rafaelmelchor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Jeopardy: Who is Elon Musk Who is Jordan B. Peterson Who is Andrew Tate 🤔🌱🕊media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie dancing on a jeopardy setALT: a man in a suit and tie dancing on a jeopardy set 000
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/20245. A far right supported by large numbers of young men is far more dangerous than a far right supported mostly by older people. The potential for mobilisation and the chances that this mobilisation tends towards mass violence become much greater. 553939
ianb @ianb3019.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I beg to differ with Fidel, downthread. Hyper- masculinity is 'organic,' at least in part. Eg, I first noticed it from a Canadian graphic novelist in the mid-90s. He wasn't on Mr Thiel's payroll. Nobody told him what to say. It was an emergent narrative that flourished. 000
Jess Badger @jesshoneybadger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Right or wrong, you people are going to gravitate toward the people who speak to things they worry about it and the people they feel understood by. 000