These teens are getting roped into neo-fascism in absence of Marxist guidance showing them what the “matrix” actually represents. Vulnerable young men are getting told that yes, corporations are oppressing them, and yes, the US government is a puppet of the rich - but the solution being presented to them is to become an exploiter themselves rather than any form of class solidarity or dialectical materialism. I really feel like this “escape the matrix” rhetoric is the kind of thing we can capitalise on instead of just standing idly by as young men have their very real grievances with modern life twisted into something wholly unhealthy

There really needs to be some solid communist dating advice for these young men, other than "just be yourself" and "be a good person" kind of stuff. Like real, concrete steps on how a guy can be diverted from the incel/pua/tate path. Tbh a lot of the pua advice is common sense stuff (try to groom yourself well, don't be afraid to put yourself out there, etc.).

I remember there were some good comments in a thread somewhere here (I'm pretty sure it was on c/menby but I can't seem to find it)

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    So I have to bring up some material considerations that aren't so easy to solve with counter-rhetoric:

    We have a lot more people living with their parents or other family than we have in a while: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/04/a-majority-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-live-with-their-parents-for-the-first-time-since-the-great-depression/

    That's two years old now, but the part that stands out most to me is that even before the pandemic hit, 47% of people 18-29 lived with their parents. That would be one thing in a society where living with your family into adulthood was considered socially acceptable, but in the US and other western countries it's stigmatized. And culture aside, living with family in shitty-ass US homes with thin walls is not a good intimate setting for romance and relationships.

    I've also spoken several times on this site about a growing lack of non-transactional spaces for people to socialize freely, particularly post-school life. This partly ties in with the way public spaces are destroyed for the sake of antagonizing the homeless, as in my hometown where the biggest park has been ruined with hostile architecture and the trees all cut down just because we refuse to fucking house people.

    • Abraxiel
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      2 years ago

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