Catherynne M. ValenteApr 27

I’m going to say this slowly.

If Andrew Tate & his ilk were right about ANYTHING they’d have no audience.

Guys would listen briefly, apply advice, & be WAY too busy with their new gfs, side-pieces, & high income hustles to bother tuning in.

It’s the Tinder principle: if you’re happy, they lose a customer.

Their business model is your unending misery.

Show threadThe Janx DevilApr 27
@Catvalente It’s part of the performative disinformation movement. If it were just about moving an illicit product and collecting an income, they’d peddle dope and make a lot more. This is more about sustaining culture war than it is about serving customers, and the customers all know the “information” is bullshit. They engage with the performance of it anyway because it builds social credit for them.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKApr 27
@janxdevil @Catvalente Coincidentally I've encountered a fuckton of men in late youth/early middle age who have fallen down the rabbithole of right wing misogyny after being forced to quit drugs due to greater work / family responsibilities and new laws against DUI in my car-dependent country. Worst thing is they are *not* lonely incels, they have partners and kids and are angry that they are expected to calm down and look after family (which if anything is normal positive masculinity)
Show threadThe Janx Devil
@vfrmedia @Catvalente Not a coincidence. Susan Faludi wrote up the basic shape of this culture war back in 1991 with her book BACKLASH. It’s been ongoing my entire adult life.
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Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKApr 27

@janxdevil @Catvalente I was mentioning that same book just a few days ago, and the timescale fits in exactly.

In 1991 young people in UK were distracted by the rave scene so didn't see the culture war happening as much (and young men weren't as bothered by it as they still considered themselves on top, as they were able to even temporarily overwhelm law enforcement and criminal justice system with the partydrugs culture which was *massive* until comparatively recently...)

Show threadCatherynne M. ValenteApr 27
@janxdevil @vfrmedia oh my good i say this all the time and everyone looks at me like i made that book up
Show threadderekApr 28
@janxdevil @vfrmedia @Catvalente screenshotting this to add to my reading list