Short thread on gym bros:
1. Many people don't know, but there's a whole ecosystem of fascist/racist gym bros catering to the far right, so they can make money off their fellow bigots.
1. Many people don't know, but there's a whole ecosystem of fascist/racist gym bros catering to the far right, so they can make money off their fellow bigots.
2. They sell them self-help nonsense, workout routines, personal life coaching, books, and of couse LOTS of supplements. Their stated goal is to turn these incels and racist keyboard warriors into Chads or Alphas.
3. Mostly they seem to shitpost, radicalize, and lighten to pockets of young men who think their life will be great if they're just get some lifting gains.
Like most people who get gym memberships, their spending doesn't equate to their results or joy.
Like most people who get gym memberships, their spending doesn't equate to their results or joy.
4. Some of these success coaches, teaching these young men to be more Alpha or Chad have either their inherited wealth or the bilking of young men who want success, behind their success.
It feels predatory.
It feels predatory.
5. This is nothing new. Alex Jones and Mike Cernovich make their money off garbage supplements. Young men were buying miracle workout programs and equipment for decades.
Now they're also being radicalized along with it.
Now they're also being radicalized along with it.
6. They're another vector for spreading hate and misogyny that hasn't received enough attention.
You'll be seeing more on this in the coming months.
You'll be seeing more on this in the coming months.
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