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[–] 15 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The center and left needs to reach out to the alienated, lonely, and disaffected young men. They are easy prey for right wing extremists.

For incels, Nick is the only one who gives them a sense of community and a comforting worldview where nothing is their fault.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I do like this idea; I don't know how that is done in a systemic way. I remember one point of Moore's Bowling for Columbine is that there seem to be a dwindling amount of "third places" and that civic engagement (fraternal orders and so on) has gone off a cliff - and Columbine was a decade before the smart phone.

    I doubt things like civic engagement have gone up since.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It sure does seem there is evidence for a loneliness epidemic hitting many people and young men are especially susceptible and probably have less (positive) life skills to fall back on.

    It explains people like Jordan Peterson, as well as Fuentes, I guess.

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