Authoritarianism gives young men, in particular, a way to create a powerful identity in a DIY society hollowed out by the myth of meritocracy. People in the UK need to start interviewing the great @jesscalarco.bsky.social before it's too late. - ThreadSky

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lolgop.bsky.social • 54 days ago

Authoritarianism gives young men, in particular, a way to create a powerful identity in a DIY society hollowed out by the myth of meritocracy.

People in the UK need to start interviewing the great @jesscalarco.bsky.social before it's too late.

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akumariver.bsky.social•54 days ago

Link is bad.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•54 days ago

It doesn’t have much content. It’s almost all peevish reaction. So, in a way, this is the most powerless and weak identity as it depends on others entirely to get any purchase.

lolgop.bsky.social•54 days ago

what? has like hundreds of podcasts, MMA, PUA, mainstream right-wing murdoch media

rowyourbot.bsky.social•54 days ago

Without something to react to and lose their shit about —very little is ‘independent.’ Compare this to other identities, which are about interpersonal comity, community, how one lives private and public life. The focus of the rightist man is entirely turned outward onto the freakout of the day.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•54 days ago

But I think you were joking! And yes, it’s all externally funded—not something people of other identities require to build up a sense they have shared interests.

lolgop.bsky.social•54 days ago

right right. it's authoritarianism. never organic!

vaina.bsky.social•54 days ago

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