Posted on 11/09/2024 7:25:41 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
One day in the midst of a vicious election campaign whose outcome, Donald Trump had warned, could threaten America’s very survival, the former president spent 90 minutes with a foul-mouthed 24-year-old who has achieved a certain kind of stardom by playing videogames for an online audience.
In meeting Adin Ross in August for a livestreamed chat, Trump was entering the manosphere.
It is an online universe of YouTubers, podcasters, live-streamers, online pranksters and more. They vary wildly in their tone, substance and obsessions. Some are jokey; some are vile. Running through them all is a certain unreformed notion of “Bro-dom.”
Trump may have been a pilgrim in this strange land. But he had a native to guide him: his 18-year-old, 6-foot-9-inch son Barron, a freshman at New York University.
“My son Barron says hello,” Trump told Ross at the outset of their chat. “He’s a big fan of yours.”
“What’s up, Barron?” Ross chirped. “Yeah, Barron’s awesome. Amazing. Great kid. He’s tall. Very tall.”
This week, the manosphere, the kind of secret that young men tend to hide on their laptops or at the bottom of a sock drawer, was dragged into the spotlight when Trump won a commanding election victory. It was fueled, in part, by vigorous support from the kind of young men more typically concerned with videogames than voting.
In his victory speech in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the triumphant president-elect saluted Dana White, the bullet-headed boss of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the manosphere’s sport of choice and the sun at the center of its universe.
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Video gamers saved the world!! Yea!
I see this as an opportunity no one has had since the Kennedy assassination. That event was a shock to the system, but followed by the Civil Rights Act and the (misguided) belief that the Great Society would build a better world. A huge chunk of the Baby Boomers decided at that time that they were Democrats for life. 60 years later, Trump can seize a similar moment.
Joe Rogan may have
The Left will remain isolated in the big cities on both coasts.
We'll have to end the federal funding of the Universities. This is where our youth ends up getting indoctrinated. Half of the Universities will have to close. Elite Universities will have to use up their endowments to continue with their Leftist Activism. But at some point, they'll stop when $$$ runs out.
I don't normally go in for MSM, woke interpretations of social phenomena, but this is true
America's society is so castrated, propagandized and feminized, and we have destroyed the idea of men leading traditional families, that young men retreat from society. Part of this is forming feral groups on-line.
I read some of the article, then only bits of the rest.
My thoughts are:
1. The word “manosphere” tells us more about whoever made it up than it does about anything else.
2. This article is pointless.
Barron Trump, emerging greatness...
If you’re afraid to say what you mean because it’s weak or low IQ, then you’ll write an article like this one.
There is so much distrust of the msm - for good reason - people are turning away from it (thankfully).
Trump was right to connect with pod casters to reach young people - I know podcasts, You Tube and the video game world are all the rage among the young in our family.
Kamala Harris showed what she really is by refusing to go on Joe Rogan’s show - demanding that HE come to her and that SHE set the terms of the hour-long interview - while Trump sat and talked to Rogan for three hours. This was an outright rejection of Rogan’s massive audience and I believe really hurt her campaign.
Going forward, I suspect this - connecting via pod casters, You Tube and video gaming will be a key tactic of candidates going forward - at least those who wish to get elected.
It's a stupid move for you to try to start a traditional family, if you're a young man.
There's 50/50 chance you'll lose everything you will own.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4273475/posts?page=7#7
I watched some podcast that had a five 30 to 40 year old guys on it. Maybe a sports show? I don’t know. Anyway - they had dinner with Barron and a friend of his at the Trump Home in NYC.
They all said how likeable Barron is. A GREAT conversationalist, funny, etc. They said it was weird because here is this 18 year old but he was the one leading most of the conversation with these older guys.
“Hey dad - can you turn the music down!?”
The guys looked over and President Trump is in another room with the remote control for the house speaker system as he was listening to the music.
Boys and young men have been battered and demonized by society. Many have been raised by single moms and taught by largely female teachers. They have been targeted by gay predators. Books and movies are focused on feelings as opposed to actions. For better or worse, the Manosprere is where they can hang out.
YouTube has banned or demonetized many of these podcasts
They push back on woke feminism
Andrew Tate
Russell brand
Sneako
Fresh And fit
Etc
They moved to Rumble and X
Barron may be the best of the Trump brood.
Ivanka is nothing more than a mannequin.
Don Jr. appears to be a bit of a playboy.
Eric is a serious guy who married well.
Tiffany follows after her mother not her father.
Barron may have the best of his mother and his father.
Melania may be quiet but never underestimate Eastern European smarts.
It's clear that there's a backlash. Typically, young men tend to vote for liberal candidates. However, in 2024 they voted for Trump.
Her husband is Jared Kushner, he had a huge role in the Abraham Accords. So at least she married well.
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