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Andrew Tate is a symptom, not the problem’: why young men are turning against feminism (www.theguardian.com)
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Despite the triggering headline, this is a pretty good article that talks about how younger men are falling for this horseshit

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Populism works since Caesar, and there wasn't Internet back then... Napoléon? Hitler and Mussolini? Do you know how it went in antic democratic Athen? Populism goes with democracy. Internet has nothing to do with it.

The society is more complex than ever? I read it at least twice: in a XVth century book, and in an antiquity one.

But this is beside the subject. You've said nothing here to explain why the reactionaries (the alt right, the far right, populism) are benefiting from this more than the left. Are you saying that the left can't win? Are you saying that we should shut down Internet?

You need to go farther in your analysis. There always were political forces opposing each other. The progressists were wining for women until recently. Why is it changing when young are so much more informed and educated than people were 50 years ago?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Populism benefits from new media since it offers easy solutions. While at same time it takes time for society to develop new rules and individuals to learn to handle new media. More complex ideas also need more time to be translated in a way relatable and entertaining to new audience.

    Why men are seemingly more succeptable to the rightwing propaganda than women? Maybe because rightwing ideology has rather little to offer women even on populist level.

    But than again you don't seem to be interested in engaging with my arguments. So I will stop waisting my time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What is this argument? I'm trying to understand. Here you're not giving an argument though, merely an analysis. You don't say anything about what's possible about the problem. Except maybe explaining more and better then?

    Men have nothing to win out of the Conservative ideology btw. It's very harmful to them. Both physically and psychologically. But people don't choose an ideology after a cost/benefit analysis anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Last time: rightwing populism offers easy solutions to complex problems of modern world ( like for example gender: conservatives say there are two and don't bother thinking more about that topic). Modern media allows for easy spread of populism ( algorithms pushing media that creates engagement and creating information bubbles). The right wing populism offers men a clear role and place in society. Right wing populism also offers a clear role for women in society, but it's almost as bad as a deal as immigrants get. Progressive and feminism also offers solutions to modern problem, but they are more complex. ( For example a more complex understanding of what gender ist). Complex ideas are more difficult to sell.

    If you feel like engaging with my analysis/argument/greating card what ever you call it, you are welcome otherwise have a nice day.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Now that's where we disagree, unless there are things you didn't say: progressives and feminism don't offer solutions to modern problems IMO.

    And that's what I'm basically saying and asking you from the beginning. If there are solutions proposed, what are they?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Dude I literally gave you an example. I obviously can't retell you whole feminist and other progressive theories and what they offer as solutions to each one of the problems we are facing in moder world.

    My example was gender issues:

    conservatives - there are two and don't think more about it, you feel like you don't fit, we teach to ignore feelings anyway.

    progressive - offer a complex ever evolving understanding of gender as combination of culture and biology.

    And that's true for a lot of topics.

    One is easily digestible the other takes time to understand.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I understand this very well, but that's not my question. This is in fact irrelevant to the subject here. I'm not asking you about the rights minorities should get. I'm asking you about the cis-heterosexual men and women.

    I'm not asking about theoretical or abstract things. I'm asking a simple question.

    If your answer is that it is too complex, then you now know what the problem is. And that's exactly the problem I'm referring to.

    If you can't understand that, then the problem doesn't come from the people who don't understand your complex theories.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Until you realize that you are not asking simple questions, you will never understand why simple answers don't work. The answer will always be complex, so it comes down to people being able to explain complex concepts in an entertaining and understandable manner, where we come back to the point I was making the whole time.

    At least you almost understood me at the end. It's something.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for proving my point: I ask a simple question, and you hide behind arrogance and disdain, abandoning me with no answer. This is precisely what I was saying.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure, everyone is free to chose to be ignorant. Nothing I can do about it. But it's sure funny that after days talking with me - that is your take away.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know what's funny? I can say exactly the same about you. I think you forgot what the conversation was even about.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you feel like it sure. But than again I spend quite some time trying to explain my point and you spend that time not engaging with what I say. You think you are asking a simple question and that progressives have nothing to offer as a solution. But when people try to explain to you that it's not that simple and progressives have indeed solutions to offer, but those are complex - you just ignore everything.

    But than what are you doing here if you think progressives have nothing to offer for men? Seems like you are wasting your time here.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are twisting my words. I understand what you're saying. But you refuse to understand what I am saying. Just because I don't say "yes you are right and I am wrong" doesn't mean I don't understand you. You're repeating yourself since the beginning.

    But the best: you repeat ad nauseam how the solutions exist but are complex, yet you refuse to even try to give the beginning of one to the question I ask. With all the messages spent repeating how complex it is, you could at least have the beginning of something tangible.

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