Maeve Park
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
The term Black Pilled is the name of the ideology we're seeing subscribed to incels. It's a nihilistic worldview with misogyny as well. And the term incel literally means involuntary celibate. However, the term is used within this group of people, mostly congregating online, who subscribed to the beliefs of the Black Pill, so they can believe in the nihilistic version of life or the misogynistic
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Wrapped into one kind of ideological worldview. Very bleak, very much about men being suppressed and very much about if you're not attractive enough, you don't really have a lot of hope in life. So kind of a fatalistic, catastrophic, nihilistic worldview with misogyny very much attached into it as well.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Ja, also sie glauben, dass sie, weil sie keine romantischen Partner haben oder sogar auf Daten gegangen sind oder einen Erfolg in dieser Art von Arena hatten, dass sie fühlen, dass es etwas entweder sehr viel falsch mit ihnen oder falsch mit der Gesellschaft ist. Und sie nehmen das aus einer sehr viel Resentment-Bild-Ideologie.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Wir haben Gewalt aus dieser Art von Ideologie und dieser Weltanschauung gesehen. Ist das ein westländisches Phänomen? Es ist kein westländisches Phänomen, aber ich habe die Anglosphäre in selben Gemeinschaften recherchiert, was eine interessante Erfindung war, dass es Menschen gab, die aus non-englischsprachigen Ländern kamen, die in den englischsprachigen und selben Gemeinschaften teilnehmen.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
South Korean. It spans the world. And now we're seeing even some African communities coming up.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
I would say yes, that is definitely true. And that is why we're seeing kind of a community build around people who couldn't find community. I often say that the incels online are the most exclusive club. They're very clear about who is incel, who is not incel. You've used the term nihilistic quite a lot. When you interview one of these young men, how does that manifest itself, that nihilism?
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Very much a feeling that nothing will ever work out for me, that there is no hope for me, that I may as well drop out of society. Meaning if you're young, dropping out of university, dropping out of school, not attempting to find a job, not leaving your house.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Not going outside or having any conversations with anyone and feeling like that is your kind of fate at a very young age, which is I've met many people in their mid 30s who have gone through that in their early 20s and are now kind of seeing the impact of that where they have no social circle, they have no financial support. Sie haben keine Möglichkeit, einen Job oder einen Betrag zu bekommen.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Es ist also eine selbstverfüllende Propheze.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
Ja, das ist immer die Hoffnung. Ich spreche darüber im Buch. Ich habe sie über ein Jahr interviewt. Während dieser Zeit haben ein paar von ihnen Wege gefunden, aus der Ideologie oder aus ihrer Situation herauszukommen. One of the best success stories was a man in his later 20s returning to university after initially dropping out.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
And that has kind of given him a new lease in life, a new goal, a new feeling of self-esteem. Other times some incels can just leave. because they find potentially a partner or friendships. But we have to be very careful that the ideology doesn't go away. You don't become less misogynistic or less nihilistic just because you have a date or had a short-term relationship or a girlfriend.
Global News Podcast
Myanmar earthquake deaths surpass 1600
It's a journey and that takes a lot of work and it's very difficult to break free from an ideology as well.