Bronze Age Pervert’s fringe philosophy moved into mainstream conservative power circles

Evidence

His ideas extended beyond the fringes. Billionaire Peter Thiel referenced BAP in speeches; Senator J. D. Vance followed him on Twitter. Senior national security adviser (and menswear blogger) Michael Anton warned, “In the spiritual war for the hearts and minds of the disaffected youth on the right, conservatism is losing. BAPism is winning.” The Atlantic’s Graeme Wood saw BAP’s ascendance as the return of “a gnarly virus that had lain dormant for decades in circles of philosophers and their unread books.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 804