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

    I've made comments about this before, but when internet discourse immediately turned "incel" into another way to call people virgins on the internet, there was this shift in the characterization of all lonely or sexless people as therefore incels, and therefore not just losers, but bad people who hate women and might flip out and kill people.

    It was basically a doubling-down in the association of male sexual activity with personal worth, which is basically the last shit society needed (that's literally where the incel shit comes from dummies), and gave misogynist black-pill assholes a huge W for no good reason. God damnit I hate the internet.