Dems Ask “What is a Man?” (Conspirituality podcast, episode #262)

In the aftermath of the devastating 2024 election—as 2025 hurtles toward an authoritarian takeover—legacy media and Democratic strategists have the same question on their lips: What is going on with young men? Though Kamala Harris won the overall 18- to 29-year-old demographic, Trump improved his share by 9 points. Men in this age group voted for Trump by 16% more than women did. What explains this?

Perhaps this is due to the right inflaming the anxieties and resentments of young men online. Red-pilled, hyper-masculine, anti-woke conspiracy influencers are filling the gap created by the “meaning crisis.” Maybe the left needs its own Joe Rogan! Not to worry: top political consultants Ilyse Hogue and John Della Volpe have pitched a new research initiative to the Democratic Party donor class.

Their response, the widely derided SAM (Speaking with American Men), comes with a proposed $20M budget. No cap, bro, they'll low-key give center-left corporate politics the rizz it needs to slay the MAGA simps and cape for democracy.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/262-dems-ask-what-is-a-man

The #maga resentment toward #federalworkers is misguided. #Reagan #Trump...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IX1vw0V2MY0

‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says

Angered over the claim, promoted by Trump and his closest allies, that heavily Black cities had rigged the 2020 election in favor of Democrats, white voters – some affiliated with white-nationalist groups and militias, and others acting alone – stormed the US capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 election. 

"What Trump and Republicans did was they tried to make the point that something nefarious was going on in areas that were primarily African American," said David Wilson, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who published the study with Darren Davis, a professor of political science at Notre Dame...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/05/racial-resentment-january-6-2021-poll

Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division (Al Franken podcast)

The GI Bill & Free College United Us. Today’s Steep Cost Has Created Deep Resentment.

Interview: 

https://alfranken.com/listen/author-will-bunch-the-cost-of-college-as-the-source-of-our-division

The GOP bets on resentment over problem solving - The Washington Post

The Republican enterprise is devoted to stoking anger and social resentment, not to enacting legislation. Democrats may take an eternity to do it, but they actually want to pass bills, create programs and spotlight day-to-day concerns (child care, health care) that government can plausibly address.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/21/gop-bets-resentment-over-problem-solving/

Opinion | ‘The Capitol Insurrection Was as Christian Nationalist as It Gets.’ - The New York Times

Religious resentment has become a potent recruiting tool for the hard right.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/christian-nationalists-capitol-attack.html

A deluge of 'red-pilled' rage: Young white men are being radicalized online and acting out violently - Daily Kos

Something is going wrong—badly, horrifically wrong—with America's young white men. It's happening largely online, but it's seeping into the real world. Not all of our young white men, of course. Not even a majority of them. But a lot of them, and the numbers are growing. We all not only can sense it, but we can see it with our own eyes. It's right there in the news. It's right there in our neighborhoods. In our lives. ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1830633

Tucker Carlson has sparked the most interesting debate in conservative politics - Vox

"All I'm saying is don't act like the way things are is somehow ordained by God."....
https://www.vox.com/2019/1/10/18171912/tucker-carlson-fox-news-populism-conservatism-trump-gop

The Truth About Tucker Carlson's Monologue - The Atlantic

The Fox News host purports to side with “normal Americans” over greedy elites, but fails to tell his viewers the truth....
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/tucker-carlson/579460/

White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says - The Washington Post

White Americans' opposition to welfare programs has grown since 2008, even when controlling for political party and socioeconomic status. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/30/white-americas-racial-resentment-is-the-real-impetus-for-welfare-cuts-study-says/