The rise of extreme political movements on both sides is largely driven by young men who feel alienated, humiliated, and lack a sense of purpose.

“I I don't think it's as ideological as it is a frustrated group of young men who've been sh on their entire adult and teenage lives, told that they're the worst of everything.”

The country is increasingly divided and in a volatile state due to a combination of widespread gun ownership, untreated mental illness, economic inequality, and radicalizing political rhetoric.

“The country is coming apart, right? were were chalk full of guns, you know, a nation packed full of guns with mass levels of untreated mental illness. you know, people don't have access to a health care system, rampant inequality, um, and increasing political extremism”