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How would a stateless, classless and moneyless society benefit incels? The 2 most popular copes are porn and prostitutes, but in a society where one doesn't need money, what's the incentive for women to make porn or become prostitutes? They can obtain all the sex they want for free anyway, and they're certainly not going to show themselves off to incels. So how would incels cope under socialism or communism?

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/just-how-harmful-social-media-our-experts-weigh

<Although there are important benefits, social media can also provide platforms for bullying and exclusion, unrealistic expectations about body image and sources of popularity, normalization of risk-taking behaviors, and can be detrimental to mental health. Girls and young people who identify as sexual and gender minorities can be especially vulnerable as targets. Young people’s brains are still developing, and as individuals, young people are developing their own identities. What they see on social media can define what is expected in ways that is not accurate and that can be destructive to identity development and self-image. Adolescence is a time of risk-taking, which is both a strength and a vulnerability. Social media can exacerbate risks, as we have seen played out in the news.

<For those vulnerable to developing an eating disorder, social media may be especially unhelpful because it allows people to easily compare their appearance to their friends, to celebrities, even older images of themselves. Research tells us that how much someone engages with photo-related activities like posting and sharing photos on Facebook or Instagram is associated with less body acceptance and more obsessing about appearance. For adolescent girls in particular, the more time they spend on social media directly relates to how much they absorb the idea that being thin is ideal, are driven to try to become thin, and/or overly scrutinize their own bodies. Also, if someone is vulnerable to an eating disorder, they may be especially attracted to seeking out unhelpful information—which is all too easy to find on social media.

So combine THAT with idea that you have these "alpha bros" and right wing grifters who are also fucking with young men, no shit they're going to be more vulnerable to social atomisation, that they become more isolated from talking to eachother. Now thankfully we have institutions to debunk the propaganda, but given how deep the pockets of fascists can be they're going to be screwing us over for quite some time.

Sadly, this isn't a new phenomenon and has been an ever increasing one. Bookchin points this out in "Our SynthePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Any comrades from Utah here?

How do we fix this beyond fucked up state?

The LDS church runs everything here. Nearly every single little detail of the state’s culture is dictated by Mormonism. Mormon temples are the largest buildings in every city and town. Mormon bookstores are more numerous than most other stores, and old school soda shops are more numerous than cafes (Mormons prohibit coffee and tea but allow caffeinated soda for some reason). Multiple buildings, streets, and businesses are named after Mormon things (e.g. “Cumorrah Avenue”). Multi-level marketing companies are everywhere and sponsor things like stadiums (MLM companies are littered with Mormon moms).

The LDS church is basically run like a massive corporation. They are very good at missionizing and making new converts, plus Mormons tend to get married young and have bucketloads of kids. The average Mormon family has between 4-7 children. The point is, the LDS church is highly reactionary and rules over Utah with an iron fist, yet there is almost no internal resistance to it. “Utah” basically is the LDS church. And that’s not even mentioning the entire settler-colonial history of the church either, the mass slaughter of the indigenous that Mormons participated in to create the state of Utah and such.

With that said, how do we deal with this state’s politics if we are socialists living in it? There’s no way someone like AOC or Mamdani or any DSA candidate could ever win here. If there was ever a socialist candidate, they’d either have to ensure the Utah public that they’re a “good Mormon” (which would mean throwing away their principles and participating in a reactionary, settler-colonial theology) or seek to dismantle Utah culture outright by going against the grip of the LDS church, which would be political suicide.

I’m sorry, but I wish this fucking state didn’t exist. Trying to organize anything leftist here feels like a lost cause.

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Not many hetero couples are meeting these days, with all the simping modern men do hoeflation is the highest it's ever been, along with the proliferation of OF and online prostitution, women know their 'value' and set their prices accordingly sky high; don't settle for anything less than tall, handsome Chads. It doesn't help that women are on average egotistical and self-absorbed. In my life I've rarely seen men as drunk on their own fumes as women are. Not just in the flesh 'market', but also in careers and general life decisions. They think, behave and speak like they internalized this idea that they will get what they want, everything will be delivered to them, it's all promised to them, and they *deserve* it and are never unqualified or unworthy of the reward, whatever it may be. I've never seen a blatantly incompetent hoe saying she's not cut out for an IT or software engineering job, they always have this preconception that it doesn't really matter and they'll make it, and at this turn the discourse almost always defaults to a story about some Stacy friend who made it at some workplace. On the other side of the dividing line, I've seen countless dudes, who despite being hardworking overachievers, taking digs at themselves nonstop, fully believing that they need to get better, and never reaching a state of full confidence in their competencies. There is a near complete absence of the hubris I see in women here, though there's a few men who 'game' the system and cut through with fake results till they make it, but even those are cut above women since, inspite of their penchant to lie, have the ability to substantiate their lies and carve their path instead of being fully expectant of their success being served to them on a silver platter.

This overconfidence women have naturally encompasses their outlook to dating. They are narcissistic, always demand, expect and believe they deserve the best, refuse to concede or settle, and carry themselves with unwarranted self importance. They're basically boomer landlords (if she roastie).

Why is there no communist equivalent of potent media propaganda?

why are older men and middle aged guys often sought out anyways? as a woman at birth i never understood why most girls online my generation (who are still very young) often talk about them like they’re beings gifted from the gods. most middle aged to older men i talked to for sex or romance either crept me out, infantilized me like im still a child when im legally an adult (still got a free pass though cause im legally not a minor), are forceful, objectifiers, displays predatory behavior or don’t know boundaries nor how do they work at all whatsoever

college is too fucking expensive. red state country club family and i still cant go. currently weighing my options to decide between debt or potential death.

How would a stateless, classless and moneyless society benefit incels? The 2 most popular copes are porn and prostitutes, but in a society where one doesn't need money, what's the incentive for women to make porn or become prostitutes? They can obtain all the sex they want for free anyway, and they're certainly not going to show themselves off to incels. So how would incels cope under socialism or communism?