
Trump's second victory has, to put things lightly, certainly shaken things up.
And not just in politics...
Since the former president's re-election, the price of Bitcoin reached a record high of $82,000.
Elon Musk is expected to be appointed Secretary of Cost-Cutting (whatever that means).
Oh, and the internet has exploded with violent misogyny, cracking the media landscape wide open.
Where news no longer sways the masses.
And where the heterodoxy feels emboldened in sexist (and scary) rhetoric.
Are we entering dystopia? Potentially.
Do we still have to do our jobs? Highly likely.
'Your body, my choice. Forever,' Nick Fuentes, far-right political pundit and live streamer posted to X following the news of Trump's victory. The tweet has since gotten 90 million views.
In the 24 hours following, there was a 4,600% increase in mentions of the terms 'your body, my choice,' and 'get back in the kitchen' on X.
On TikTok, female users are reporting that accounts are commenting 'your body, my choice' en masse on their posts. One TikTok creator stated: 'I had to delete a video because I was being threatened by several men.'
One parent of a university student recalled: 'Today my daughter was told three separate times on campus "your body, MY choice." One group of boys told her to "sleep with one eye open tonight."'
Posts calling for the repeal of the 19th Amendment, which gives women the right to vote, also surged 663% on X last week, compared to the prior week, the ISD reported.
I wrote recently about Heterodoxy, and the cultural power of the "anti-woke tech bro.'
When I said the market had influence, and an 'unfiltered kind of authenticity that's tough to replicate' I did not for a second think such influence would be used to terrorise women online at the very first chance they got.
But misogyny has resurfaced with a vengeance over the last week. And the loudest voices aren't in the fringe, 4chan-esque forums and chatrooms any longer - they're mainstreaming.
This goes beyond usual internet noise, beyond edgy trolling. Creators like Fuentes and Tate are riding the shockwaves of a post-truth world, rallying an audience that's loud, angry and growing fast.