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Punching nazis can be nice and masculine if you like.
Maybe like, one day you are gonna need the social safety net, even if you're a very strong cis het guy.
One you're gonna be old. One day you're gonna be fired without notice when your car breaks down. One day your girlfriend might have a surprise pregnancy you can't deal with.
Just brainstorming but I would start with saying, sure this doesn't benefit you right now, cause you got the luck of the draw, but one day we will all need help
Help them to break down. Encourage them to be soft and show them that that softness is strength. So many of these young men are like this because they feel alone. We need to bring them together in positive ways.
You can't really do anything. Men had privileged position in the society for millennia. Now you're basically asking them to resign this privilege. They will not do it voluntarily. It doesn't make sense for them on any level. They will push back and the harder you attack their special rights the harder they will push back. It's only natural.
I think the only thing you can do is to educate them about democratic values so that while they are regaining power they still respect the rights of other people and don't create authoritarian state. This is what clearly failed in the US.
Pride in intellectual achievement would be a good start.
Better marketing.
Drop policies that have been consistent long-term losers like expanded gun control.
Force through policies that improve their lives at the cost of others, for example, healthcare paid for by taxing billionaires
A good politic should not be sold.
People should chose it by themselves because that's the best thing for them.
You need to make it fun and engaging for them. That is what the far right is doining. You and I might find it reprehensible, but they het som much traction bu having fun and giving young men a purpose and the feeling that they are doing something to netter themselves and their commuity.
How you go about that I dont know. In my local area we are focusing on having fun partiets and going out together as a group instead of just being political nerds in our own little grottos. Som far it seems to be working.
Tl;dr: Have fun visibly and invite them to join you. It takes forever, but at least you have fun while doing it.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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