THREAD on what drives the hatred and vitriol of these men.
Most of them came of age in the 1990s, a time when there was virtually no challenge to western hegemony; when habitual harassment of women was just banter..
Most of them came of age in the 1990s, a time when there was virtually no challenge to western hegemony; when habitual harassment of women was just banter..
https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/1503131710665510926
when there were no existential threats of climate change or pandemics; when the full, devastating global impact of austerity economics was yet to be realised...
when promises of 'change' by liberal politicians - along with 'facts' reported by the mainstream media - were still widely believed.
This brief neoliberal utopian order lasted until around the early 2000s...
This brief neoliberal utopian order lasted until around the early 2000s...
What happened next - the Gulf War, financial crash, climate chaos, etc - began to shatter the illusion of endless progress that underlined the neoliberal world order; and rattle the foundations on which these men had built and shaped their 'moderate' worldviews...
It struck at the heart of their core identity and rattled their fragile egos.
And hell has no fury like a man whose certainties begin to crumble; and whose deep seated fears, insecurities and confusion are at risk of being exposed.
And hell has no fury like a man whose certainties begin to crumble; and whose deep seated fears, insecurities and confusion are at risk of being exposed.
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