Germany is a prosperous country with a reasonable government and no tradition of faux libertarianism. And yet, a militant anti-vaxxer movement thrives there. You can also find one in other wealthy European nations. It is even spreading to Australia and New Zealand. What does that tell us about the roots of contemporary reactionary thought?
That Trumpism–at its core, a faux libertarian movement based on toxic masculinity–isn’t limited to America. That, in turn, tells us that the shift to a knowledge-based economy, which is a global phenomenon, is a threat to the status of men all over the world.