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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:37 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Victor Gijsbers

   @apodoxus @victorgijsbers Man, and there I was thinking he was a decent guy…

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     Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻 (apodoxus@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:38 JST Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

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     • Victor Gijsbers

     @victorgijsbers Vance is for sure, but maybe not Tate specifically. I'm not sure why you can't read that off him very clearly. Rubio, no he has nothing to do with it.

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     Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻 (apodoxus@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:38 JST Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

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     @victorgijsbers Also, it seems you're wrong as to the specifics. He's an Andrew Tate fan.
     https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-first-tiktok-nelk-boys-andrew-tate-connection-1934570

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     Victor Gijsbers (victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:39 JST Victor Gijsbers

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     @apodoxus Yeah, but surely Rubio and Vance and so on are not watching Andrew Tate? Surely? 😅

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     Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻 (apodoxus@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:40 JST Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

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     • Victor Gijsbers

     @victorgijsbers That's hard to explain. Media aimed at young men for self-improvement, dating and other stuff. Some of it falls into what some people call the "manosphere". A lot of it is Joe Rogan-adjacent.

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     Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻 (apodoxus@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:41 JST Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

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     @victorgijsbers It's a fairly typical effect of the kind of media they consume which is in large part about dominance games.

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     Victor Gijsbers (victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:41 JST Victor Gijsbers

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     @apodoxus What media are those? I never run into this kind of thing!

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     Victor Gijsbers (victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:44:42 JST Victor Gijsbers

     What I find fascinating about Signal gate is that it shows how obsessed these guys are, even in private, with the possibility that somebody is taking advantage of them.

     For Trumpists, if you're helping someone without getting paid for it, you're a sucker. It is physically repulsive to them.

     This is the immature attitude of people who are incapable of love and friendship.

     And it's time for me to reread Erich Fromm, because this totally fits his analysis of the authoritarian personality.