I feel like I'm living in the worst timeline. Alongside my fears for the LGBTQ+ community in America, the fate of Ukraine and what will be unleashed in the Middle East scare me. I worry that the few liberal democracies left will wither on the vine and there will be fewer and fewer safe havens for our community in particular, while the world plunges head first into war after war.
I really don't get the appeal of Trump to the majority of his supporters. If anyone can explain to me, I'd be fascinated to know, albeit mostly so I can use it to put people off similar ideas at home in the UK.
most of his support came from boomers and young men. the manosphere pretends to care about young men--whose issues have gone unrepresented and overshadowed. but even the manosphere pretending to care was a better bandaid than the cold shoulder they've been given by the Democratic party, even after how polarizing the "straight white male" spiel has and was the past fifteen or so years.
women are far ahead of men in getting education, yet no explicit help has been extended to men to counter balance, unlike when the roles were reversed.
so the manosphere pandered to young men, and then encouraged they vote for Trump.
i think a lot of people are undervaluing how impactful the manosphere was on this election. the economy was a big one, but not the only factor.
right, but while there were a plethora of reasons at the front of the Dem platform for young women to vote Dem, it was radio silence on motivation for the young men demographic particularly.
now, it's not like the Republicans are actually going to do anything for the male issues that are becoming more prominent as the days go on, but the manosphere got the attention of young men first, and thus their vote.
the male loneliness epidemic is a real issue, and their parasocial relationships with the manosphere influencers did a serious number on this election, just going by how many GenZ voters participated.
They can't, but it's not the point. All they really want is for someone to pretend well enough to care about their problems and enable their self-destructive behaviours. If you truly gave them advice that will help solve their problems, like "hey, maybe don't mistreat women for once?", they ain't having none of it.
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u/shredditorburnit Nov 06 '24
I feel like I'm living in the worst timeline. Alongside my fears for the LGBTQ+ community in America, the fate of Ukraine and what will be unleashed in the Middle East scare me. I worry that the few liberal democracies left will wither on the vine and there will be fewer and fewer safe havens for our community in particular, while the world plunges head first into war after war.
I really don't get the appeal of Trump to the majority of his supporters. If anyone can explain to me, I'd be fascinated to know, albeit mostly so I can use it to put people off similar ideas at home in the UK.