@Awoo Gamergate was THE thing that sent the average millennial kid off his apolitical course forever.
If it hadn’t happened, then most of the guys would have continued on like their dads watching football until the end of time, ignoring the civilizational questions staring them in the face.
Gamergate is as close to a switcher for a gigantic train as you can get in politics. One track is our world now, the other would have been the majority of nerd-adjacent guys growing up without care for tradition, family, or history as they indulge in successive, addictive time sinks until their graceless expiration