>>>212236371I was involved with WP groups for almost 20 years when I was younger. A lot of people who become Neo-Nazis were deeply insecure, alienated, or just outright losers when they were adolescents. They often lacked purpose, felt powerless, and needed someone to blame. Then they stumble on an ideology that does two very seductive things:
1. It tells them they’re genetically superior—which is ironic considering many of them are socially dysfunctional, physically unremarkable, low IQ, and often dealing with serious mental health issues.
2. It absolves them of personal responsibility. Their failures aren’t their fault, they’re the victims of some vast conspiracy run by Jews, liberals, oligarchs, etc. It’s incredibly comforting.
Combine that with the fact that many of them were previously secular, apolitical, or nihilistic, and suddenly they have a cause. A “mission.” An identity. That kind of certainty, even if delusional and toxic, can be intoxicating to people who felt invisible or worthless their whole lives.
Glad I was able to get out.
>>212230293 (OP)I thought American History X and The Believer were both great. They do a good job highlighting the self-destructive, dysgenic traits common among white nationalists: resentful, broken people clinging to a false sense of superiority. And, as usual, the movements themselves are typically fronted by some grifter who’s in it for the power, money, and easy access to women within the group.