Louis Theroux (perhaps unintentionally) shows us that a traditional TV documentarian like him no longer holds the power.
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Theroux’s new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘manfluencers’ profiting off male grievance – and hurting both men and women in the process.
No longer confined to social media feeds, the misogynistic ‘red pill’ worldview is now being amplified on Australian broadcast television.
Exposure to extreme content does not guarantee radicalisation. Extremist messaging is most effective when it taps into real and perceived grievances young people may be experiencing.
While tradwives emerge across the political spectrum, a small subculture use their platforms to promote the dark ideas of the far-right – including in Australia.
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