Do you know if the doctrine he’s been taken in by is religious or secular in nature?

I ask because I could recommend some books you could get him that just might get the kid to think a little harder about things.

For context, I teach philosophy and religion for some community colleges and have been looking for ways to get these Gen Z alt right boys to quit the propaganda.

While a lot of them seem to be lost causes, there are some who can be challenged to read outside their sphere, so long as what I give them isn’t too overtly “other.”

Depending on what he’s into, there might be some authors who know how to talk to an oppositional reader.

Nah, I reckon we’re better off for Kant not procreating. That guy gets worse the more you look into him.

I’d say that you could replace quite a few high level academic administrators for these same reasons.

They already behave like AI; but AI would be cheaper, more efficient, and wouldn’t change every 2 years.

And I mean that as an insult to admin, not a compliment to AI.

When I was a kid watching TNG with my parents, my father would sometimes say things like “Man, that guy is too handsome” when Riker was on screen.

You hated Discovery because it was too woke.

I hated Discovery because it wasn’t woke enough.

We are not the same.

To be a little conspiratorial, I think their “plan” for replacing immigrant labor is young people not being able to go reliably go to college after the department of education is gutted.

No DoE-> no FAFSA-> no money for tuition-> cheap labor.

No way that works, of course. The kids are going to riot before trading college for being farm labor.

Way back in 2017 I was offered a job managing a small retreat center in the middle of bumblefuck nowhere along the shores of Lake Superior.

The pay was exceptionally low, but it came with housing and food. 8 months out of the year would have been spent just being there and keeping the place in order, the other 4 were for hosting guests.

I went back to school instead.

The fuck was I thinking? I could have ridden these shit years out as a weird hermit.

Dawg, someone find this man and throw eggs at him.