• TheImpressiveXOPM
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    1 month ago

    Are there enough incels who are willing to pay for Joker merch?

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      There’s a whole online industry dedicated to making more incels, folks like Jordan Peterson. It’s been depressingly effective.

      • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Manufacturing weirdos that are disconnected from reality is straightforward, and the fascists are investing heavily in it because from there, they practically push themselves into voting against their own interests with hate, conspiracism, and memes. Steve Bannon has explicitly stated that this is a core tactic of his.