Agreed. The same is true for red pill channels, aside from the ones that go full on dissident.
In general I think what remains of the red pill groups, including the former Manosphere, are grifters and circle jerkers. But worst still, I think normies have been either invited in or infiltrated to a degree these groups have become worthless.
What made me feel old was how anti social everyone has become in the last decade. Places I used to hit up for fun are filled with shitheads now. People aren't friendly anymore, a lot of people are very passive aggressive. Social media makes it worse, but the Covid lockdown broke everybody. I am 35 and I have hit the point where I don't think I will get married, have kids, even though I make good money I am not even sure I will get a house.
Edit: I am still in good shape, don't look any different from what I looked like a decade ago. And it isn't just the young kids, everyone is anti social nowadays. I am not a homebody but I wonder why I bother even going out anymore.
I totally agree with you on that being the period where they're really pushing the which side are you on. There have been other periods where there were rivalries but they weren't politicized like they are now. Yes there was the Coke and Pepsi wars but nobody was going to burn your house down if you chose Coke or Pepsi. The Obama era really assured in one side is righteous and the other side is awful and you better pick the right side.
Originally it was, and then Superman became more and more of a caricature of evil as time went on. Batman's fuck ups got reconned away and Superman got the shit kicked out him to remind everyone which side they were supposed to be choosing. The reason of course, is that Superman's brand of law abiding, criminal killing and imprisoning, "fascist" way of doing things... Well, it was shown to have worked and a lot of people made the "incorrect" decision of choosing Trump... I mean Superman.
That is a fair point. They are shifting the window a bit. That said, there is a lot of circle jerking in dissidents circles. I do see the author of this post's point. I wouldn't say he should walk away altogether from those videos... I just wouldn't watch them very much. Hours of that shit will kill the soul.