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The Trumpist right has a very specific vision of masculinity—one built on violence, domination, and a kind of romanticized manual labor. It’s a vision they promote loudly, and just as loudly resent when many men don’t find it compelling.
In this episode, host Aaron Ross Powell is joined by Toby Buckle, host of the Political Philosophy Podcast and contributor to The UnPopulist, to talk about what this vision leaves out—and what it reveals. They explore the gap between the cultural script being pushed by reactionary politics and the actual lives many men are choosing to lead. They discuss the adolescent nature of far-right masculinity, the politics of resentment that animate it, and how liberalism can do more than just oppose it—it can offer a richer, freer, and more pluralistic account of what a good life looks like.
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