"How do I find friends?" is the most common question German influencers get asked on social media. Loneliness has become a pressing issue in Germany, with far-reaching consequences.
The connection to political extremism seems as obvious as it is concerning, and I haven’t seen much research on that. This also relates to the topic of “male loneliness epidemic” - there is a particular radicalization pipeline that is IMO much more likely to draw in lonely men than lonely women, so even if men are just as lonely as women, the outcomes won’t necessarily be the same.
the extreme right ideologies seem to be effective at making their movements feel like social communities even at large scales. Really shitty fandom communities complete with cosplaying and their own fictional universe and two dimensional enemies but communities nonetheless.
The connection to political extremism seems as obvious as it is concerning, and I haven’t seen much research on that. This also relates to the topic of “male loneliness epidemic” - there is a particular radicalization pipeline that is IMO much more likely to draw in lonely men than lonely women, so even if men are just as lonely as women, the outcomes won’t necessarily be the same.
the extreme right ideologies seem to be effective at making their movements feel like social communities even at large scales. Really shitty fandom communities complete with cosplaying and their own fictional universe and two dimensional enemies but communities nonetheless.