Cheyenne Lin | Why Nerds Joined the Alt-Right @CheyenneLin | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 4 hours ago
In this video essay I argue that because of the mainstreaming of once ‘nerdy’ subcultures during the early 2000s, cis het white male nerds, who tied their entire ‘oppressed’ identity to their geeky niche interests, were especially vulnerable to alt-right political ideology, as the properties they knew and loved came under widespread scrutiny.

And how once everyone was a self proclaimed nerd, no one was.

Timestamps:
Content Note 0:00
Intro and Thesis 0:14
Part 1: What is a Nerd? 1:13
Part 2: The Plight of the White Male Nerd 8:18
Part 3: Mainstreaming of Nerd Culture and the Loss of the Nerd Identity 13:19
Part 4: The Nerd to Fascist Pipeline 17:50
Conclusion 28:53

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Videos Mentioned:

Innuendo Studios - How to Radicalize a Normie
youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g

Innuendo Studios - The Alt-Right Playbook
youtu.be/4xGawJIseNY

Non Compete - The Pewdie Pipeline
youtu.be/pnmRYRRDbuw

Sarah Z - The Rise and Fall of Geek Culture
youtu.be/9vWJE8k-Meo

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Music (in order they appear):
*all music is from the YouTube Audio Library*

Prelude No. 4 - Chris Zabriskie
youtu.be/Dlc48FpGMWM

Comfortable Mystery 2 - Film Noire - Kevin MacLeod
youtu.be/PMMWEDKSeDQ