A boy plagued by self-doubt, a weight bench, a TikTok feed: What starts with a protein shake and a workout plan can easily spiral into Andrew Tate\u2019s toxic worldview these days after an overdose of fitness Reels. From there, as this current bestseller argues, it\u2019s not far at all to fascism. Julia Ebner, a radicalization expert at Oxford and a familiar face on many TV talk shows, goes undercover to the places where our young men are going astray: the muscle gyms and online abysses of the \u201cmanosphere,\u201d to Nick Fuentes and the promise that \u201cLooksmaxxing = Success = Dominance.\u201d Ebner shows how violent masculinity is turning into a global business and a political project\u2014from nationalist \u201cActive Clubs\u201d to AI-generated sexualized violence. The \u201cAustrian Woman of the Year\u201d dissects this in a gripping and frighteningly perceptive way: a wake-up call for all of us. Because what\u2019s hanging by a thread here is, ultimately, democracy. <\/p>\n
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