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Since I started working to understand the radicalization of young men, I’ve gotten asked the same question everywhere I go: Are they a lost cause for Democrats? Too redpilled to reach? Too far gone to bring back?
My answer has always been no. The research bears this out. Most young men, despite swimming in a sea of extremist content, are not true believers—they are disaffected, economically squeezed, socially isolated, and looking for guidance. They are reachable. The pipeline that pulls them toward radicalism is not organic or inescapable; it is a system designed to enrage them, scare them, confuse them, and compete for their attention and affection.
Because progressives have ignored these young men for so long, the right has deeply influenced their view on institutions, culture, and their place in society. In Trump’s second term, what was once fringe culture has become convention. A three-sentence caption on a recent government social media post is one of the clearest signs yet of how far this process has gone.
“Low cortisol. Locked in. Lethalitymaxxing. 🇺🇸” read a recruitment ad posted...
