I mostly agree with this thread. A lot of the recruitment pools though, aren't into nerd-media but just the feeling of persecution itself.https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/917000849678917632 …
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belief that they are simply inherently Lesser People doomed to a life of neglect and mediocrity. They get together on internet forums and
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just sort of egg each other on into this weird cult of solidarity around hopelessness, reinforcing self-loathing, discouraging any effort at
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self-improvement, and encouraging eachother to look at "normies" as basically a completely different species. The eloi to their morlock.
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So while they'll totally recruit people out of nerdy spheres (video games, comics, etc.) it isn't really the "I beat Dark Souls blindfolded
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and therefore I am Superior to those around me" sorts. It's the dudes who try to prove they have at least some worth to society by looking
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to beat people at some simple free game like League of Legends, fail miserably and start screaming about how it must be someone else's fault
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So while there's totally value to reforming nerdy fandoms to reject toxicity and fascism, particularly on the creative and community-leading
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side of things (and whatever the hell "youtube personalities" are) where nazis are doing active recruitment, if all you're doing is driving
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the scumbags out of those communities, keep in mind you're pushing them further into the arms of the cult of failure in places like /r9k/
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That's where these people get radicalized to the point where they're commiting mass murder and marching around with torches, which is why it
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is profoundly important that we find a way to shut down those recruitment centers and get the message out there to well, total losers, that
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they aren't actually doomed to be losers forever and can become happy productive members of society if they stop wallowing in misery and get
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out into the world, getting involved in really, literally anything, and sticking with it. We just need a modern take on midnight basketball
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