The Great Capture: Vittorio Was Right — and It’s Worse Than He Thinks
Bill Ackman asked “Why?” as if he’d stumbled upon a curious anomaly on his feed. But the truth is not a curious anomaly. It is a social fact so large and so obvious that only a civilization drowning in euphemism could mistake it for mystery. Vittorio (@ IterIntellectus) has offered what is, by modern standards, an act of intellectual courage: he noticed the direction of the lines. For years we have been lectured—by the usual sanctimonious clerisy—about the looming menace of male “right-wing radicalization.” A “pipeline,” we are told. A contagion. A danger. And yet the data show something that should embarrass the entire propaganda apparatus: young men have not sprinted toward fascism. They have, at worst, shuffled around the center with occasional spasms of irritation. The dramatic motion, the tectonic shift, the unmistakable acceleration has come from young women moving sharply leftward. In the United States and, crucially, far beyond it. If this story were told honestly, it...
