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Trump isn’t an icon of positive masculinity. He also did very little for young men during his four years as president

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[–] littlewonder 9 points 2 months ago

This all comes back to supporting young men and men in finding positive social groups and support systems that don't have extreme ideology attached. In the absence of a general, common avenue to community for men, it seems like these edge groups will continue to leverage that component to lure them in.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Literally Steve Bannons plan.

Get "rootless" white men (he aimed for gamers) angry and get them "on your side."

I blame Bannon and Reich wing media for this bullshit now where ANY NEW GAME is guaranteed to have a "WoKe GaMe?" post in the steam discussions.

They can't even think for themselves... They need to be told it's woke so they know to be mad at it...

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He shares a lot of their same values, such as misogyny and racism.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 3 points 2 months ago

But he has their prejudices, incel misogyny, and hatreds on public display. That’s good enough for many.

Also, there are far too many that see the world burning as some kind of entertainment. I hate to be the old guy yelling at people on the lawn, but I don’t know if the popular social media theme of destroying or damaging things, or doing mean shit to people for lols, is a symptom or a display that encourages or makes that behavior ok. There’s no consequences for that behavior, it’s entertainment, and some of that same attitude seems to bleed over into real-life actions.

I have definitely worked with people who voted for trump for no other reason than lols and to stir shit up.

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