>>2388796I haven't heard this name in a couple of years. I think his basic take is correct that neo-Nazis are broken, scared people who are full of self-loathing, and they project their insecurities onto others. They can often have various traumas or were raised by abusive parents who told them they were stupid and that they wouldn't ever amount to anything. It's like whenever you hear negative self-talk that people do, "I'm so stupid… I'm such a fuck-up!" The fascist thing is like psychological armor and a way to make other people afraid of them, so they don't feel like such fuck-ups.
He also says that one should have some compassion, don't go out and punch them. He was promoted a lot by mainstream media, and I think part of that is because his approach is explicitly non-violent. That may be effective on the individual level but it's a hard ask. A neo-Nazi group is not going around asking for compassion. I don't think you can reason with such people, although I'm not sure he'd disagree since his take is that what pulls people into these groups has more to do with emotional drives and insecurities than reason. Their impulses are essentially destructive and I think there's a place for social authority (the authority of the society) to draw a line and communicate "if you cross this line we're going to fuck you up" but also follow through on it.