I feel like tech and finance bros turn to the right because bad guys who think they’re good get tired of being told by educated people that they are objectively bad guys. And instead of changing, they end up seeking spaces that will reward them for being bad guys and will allow them to ignore or disparage those offering valid criticism.

There is nothing like interacting with real people to show you how unreal, unproductive, and honestly uninfluential the chronically online environment is. But when it’s your whole world, it feels like it is the whole world, and no one you’re interacting with has any proof to say otherwise. So then the most universally agreed upon things online seem like they must be true to all, until you talk to someone at a diner and realize no one gives a shit what these communities espouse online to other folks you never see or talk to outside.