The heterodoxy: are ‘free thinkers’ like Joe Rogan driving young men to the right – or just confusing them?

Brash, charismatic figures from Russell Brand to Sneako have seduced a disillusioned demographic. Will they turn to Donald Trump in November?

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Last spring, Donald Trump was arrested and arraigned for hush money payments made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels. For a popular online content creator who goes by the moniker Sneako, the moment seemed to crystallize all of his dark thoughts about America and its coming election.

Nobody is surprised that Trump was arrested," he tweeted. Everybody on both sides knows it's rigged."