Yes we are pretty much in agreement, though I take some issue with your first paragraph that insinuates that men want to “usher in another go of fascism” rather than them just being manipulated by the bad actors that actually want to institute fascism within the western world. Nobody come out and blatantly says they want to institute fascism, they make positive sounding promises to those that feel like they have been left behind by society. You acknowledge it yourself with the dichotomy of supporting the NDP and the Conservatives at the same time.

I believe a large part of it is men don’t have access to role models like they used to. Especially with millenials and after, so many people have both parents working full time and they don’t have the guidance of their parents to the same level as in the past. Not to mention the many split up families where they specifically get even less time with male role models. As a society we have lost a lot of community spaces as well that would serve as a check to children that are going the wrong way. The irony of the explanation essentially being that things are fucked because of a change to traditional family values isn’t lost on me, but I don’t have a better way of expressing it.

As to why it affects men so much more than women, a theory of mine is that boys are just less able to do the things that boys tend to like to do in the past like getting outside and getting their energy out through play (that is sometimes rough). They instead bottle up energy and anger because there is nowhere to learn to express themselves in their daily lives. They have been pushed to a more femine way of play when many don’t feel comfortable with it, not to mention society still not generally accepting boys and men who express themselves in a more feminine way.

Here is a video of the NDP convention I was thinking of. On rewatch it isn’t quite as bad as I remember, but still is a really bad look and should have been handled very differently. Especially considering the NDPs traditional union worker base that would certainly find it insulting.