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Young men's politics come as a pre-packaged consumer lifestyle

The lifestyle promoted in young men's podcasts arrives ready-made as a pre-packaged consumer bundle—Zyn pouches, protein powders, crypto, day trading, gambling—that one buys off the shelf, sanding off the rough edges of messy human interaction, just as everything online feels like a marketplace or a slot machine.

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Speaker

Helen Lewis

Evidence Quote

when i see people kind of complaining about you know online dating and stuff like that a lot of the you know the complaints seem to be about it feeling so much like a marketplace but then everything online feels like a marketplace or a slot machine

Source

400 - The Politics Of InformationMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:01:10 AM

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