Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

Theroux said to that one guy something like, "Why not spread positivity instead?" and the guy just went, "Nah, that doesn't make money…" Not verbatim, but that was the message.

Anyway, yeah, social media is a problem but even if you put limits on the more visible forms of it like Instagram, you still have this whole backend that almost no-one outside of the target demographic like Discord and Telegram. The public outcry will always be a year or two behind the bleeding edge of it.

I gave up 3/4 way through. Just wasn't interesting enough. Barely articulate juiced steroid goons selling bad finance products online....

I saw the documentary and agree it didn't land any great punch as I was expecting Andrew Tate to be interviewed which I think would have been interesting. It didnt feel as well researched as his other documentaries but it still did expose what utter arseholes they all are. Travelling around with them was like watching Jackass meets TOWIE. The scene where HS and his crew "beats" up this guy and then denies he took part in it was beyond pathetic.
Social media has so much to answer for and just like paper never refuses ink the internet will never refuse an immature so called Alpha male poser arsehole. I love the fact he got 300 hours unpaid work to do as part of his sentence. No doubt he'll try and monetise that.

I understand the feeling that it didn't land the punch people would hope for but I think it's kind of pointless endeavor if that's the objective. All these guys thrive on attention, and like Trump there's no amount of criticism you can level at them that will put their followers off. If anything it seems to more deeply entrench them in a "us against them" mentality.

I thought the documentary was ok, the guys interviewed were massively insecure and cringey to watch. I found it useful in just making me aware of what's going on online, I didn't realize how out of the loop I was tbh. I don't think it's going to convert anyone from following these jackasses though.

I was looking forward to this and I was looking forward to these muppets being exposed by Louis but……… in the end I just felt really sad. This HS lad putting up a front with all his cars and big house and he's just extremely sad, angry and lost. Taking all his anger at his father out on women.

As for the podcast fella, I thought he might have just been playing a character and his girlfriend was playing along but that wasn't the case. he was exposed as being a sad man as well.

I got the impression that the HS fella was on the verge of losing the plot or even suicide.

I would guess LT didnt get a lot of these folk allowing him to tag along with them and that's why we dont have interviews with more high profile "influencers".

I would say they asked Tate and blanked them.

Tate and Peterson and Paul aren't stupid enough to take on Louis.

I was pretty sure he was wearing a woman's suit too 😝

nah definitely just you, no doubt with your nose out of joint because he made a fool out of your heroes.

Welcome to the rage bait economy; way too many people whose career depends on making people angry have a massive influence on people. All the incentives are for gaining attention.

Even the scientologists had to be trained up to defend against his interview techniques