Stages of a moral panic:
- An event, condition, person, group etc. is perceived as a threat to safety, values and interests.
Incels, unwanted attention from unattractive men, misogyny, social media, the "manosphere", smartphones in schools.
- The nature of the threat is amplified by the media (you are here).
Adolescence, news articles, voxpops.
- Social anxiety and concern spreads amongst the public who demand something be done about it (you are transitioning to here)
Campaign groups, activism, lobbying.
- Leaders respond to the social anxiety and concern by suggesting and implementing disproportinate solutions via new policies and laws.
New Online Safety Act, anti-misogyny law, censorship, removal of threat from society.
- The condition disappears, submerges or deteriorates and becomes more visible.
The most damage such men can do is to do nothing and that's what still scares them. They want men mentally abused, self loathing, but still productive and paying taxes into the system that hates them. Working overtime for free on salary to keep the lights on while the women drink free coffee, have meetings that solve nothing, and get promoted for it to tick off DEI checkboxes.
When such men stop playing at the rigged casino, it all falls apart
You don't even have to make it about men. They tried to take all choice away from people's own personal lives, and as a result nobody feels invested in the system.