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I am going to “yes-and” the core thought of this article (via @ianb):
❝Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth❞
Yes, and also by the pitch of •power• for nothing.
No matter how small of a person they are inside, no matter whose boot they’re under, patriarchy promises every man that they can have power over •someone•, that they are entitled to at least one sphere of their own life in which •they• are the tyrant.
https://mastodon.well.com/@ianb/114171400685929988
Racism makes a very similar promise, thus the famous LBJ quote:
❝If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.❞
@inthehands Feels like this is a significant aspect to all types of bigotry. No matter how high or low you are in the hierarchy the right wants to enforce, there's always someone you can be offered as a scapegoat to look down on.
This is very clear when you compare the manosphere to, for example, the ways the anti-trans movement tries to appeal to cis women. It's very clearly the same tactics, just with a different coat of paint.
@rachelplusplus @inthehands Very true. Reminds me of that famous LBJ quote.
@cxj @rachelplusplus See upthread! Great minds…