The Golden One

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'''Marcus Follin''', better known as '''The Golden One''', is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[white nationalism|white nationalist]] [[YouTube|YouTuber]],<ref>[https://thegoldenone.se/2017/05/05/why-i-am-nationalist Why I am a nationalist] by The Golden One</ref><ref name="rebuttal">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwdGZX1fNK8 Youtube] The Golden One Responds to RationalWiki Hitpiece</ref> bodybuilder, and online fitness coach,<ref>[https://thegoldenone.se/online-coaching Online physique coaching] by The Golden One</ref> as well as the creator of one of the dullest ''{{wpl|The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim}}'' "let's plays" in the world. He's also a "proud" [[Paganism|pagan]] [[Odinist]] and [[Onanism|onanist]], who really likes [[Julius Evola]]'s [[Radical traditionalism|traditional values]].<ref>[https://thegoldenone.se/2016/03/20/hierarchy Hierarchy. Cultural Marxism vs traditionalism] by The Golden One</ref><ref name="rebuttal" /><ref>{{wpa|Perennial philosophy}}</ref>

Despite his bizarrely reactionary views, or [[Crank magnetism|maybe because of them]], The Golden One's YouTube channel boasts over 121,000 subscribers as of April 2024.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLatsbrah/videos The Golden One]</ref> Some of his subscribers are supposedly in positions of power.<ref name="rebuttal" /> Keep on reading, and let that sink in.

==Support for vigilantism==
The Golden One has shown open support for [[Rodrigo Duterte]], former President of the [[Philippines]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcjF0eMHeis The Golden One: My hero. Rodrigo Duterte. The crusade against drug cartels] by The Golden One</ref> whom he describes as a hero, role model, and textbook definition of a good leader.<ref name="rebuttal" /> Specifically, he supports Duterte's decision to encourage the [[Vigilante|murder of suspected drug dealers]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-urges-people-to-kill-drug-addicts Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte urges people to kill drug addicts] by The Guardian</ref> Has it ever occurred to him that some people targeted by Duterte's lynch mobs might be innocent? Yes, it has, but he views it as a necessary sacrifice<ref>[https://youtu.be/jcjF0eMHeis?t=188 The Golden One: My hero. Rodrigo Duterte. The crusade against drug cartels (3:08)] by The Golden One</ref> because everyone knows that stopping consumption of particular combinations of chemicals is more important than [[due process]] or innocent people's lives.

== On women's rights ==
The Golden One encourages young men to forcibly prevent their female loved ones from leaving home at night.<ref>[https://youtu.be/bvsuKrbYyp4?t=47 Swedish police warns women to stay inside. I told you so!] by The Golden One</ref> His rationale is that he's keeping them safe from [[Middle East]]ern immigrants who want to [[rape]] them.<ref group=note>This is [[Horseshoe theory|remarkably similar]] to a common rationalization for Islamic misogyny and restrictions on women's freedoms.</ref> Apparently, for all his knowledge about "getting joocy" (read: becoming muscular), he has a relatively poor understanding of [[human rights]], namely the 9<sup>th</sup> right of protection from "arbitrary arrest, imprisonment or exile". One must wonder how [[Manosphere glossary|"alpha"]] he would feel if his girlfriend called the [[Law enforcement|police]] ''on him.''

==Associating homosexuality with pedophilia==
In 2015, a 12-year-old boy was recorded on video twerking at a gay pride parade.<ref>[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/video-young-boy-twerking-pride-has-homophobes-outraged150615/#gs.iYjrcJM This video of a young boy twerking at Pride has homophobes outraged] by Joe Morgan</ref> The Golden One criticizes the [[Homosexuality|gay]] community for not speaking out about this.<ref>[https://youtu.be/gcy-w0J-3_c?t=128 12-yearold twerking at pride parade. Gay movement and lobby (2:08)] by The Golden One</ref> He then implies that "gay rights", as he calls them, should not be legal unless the gay community can control its members.<ref>[https://youtu.be/gcy-w0J-3_c?t=213 12-yearold twerking at pride parade. Gay movement and lobby (3:33)] by The Golden One</ref> Notwithstanding the fact that a very large proportion of the gay community ''does'' respond unfavorably to [[Child sexual abuse|pedophiles]], this is a fallacious argument; a community can be defined as [[Argumentum ad dictionarium|(but is not necessarily)]] a group of people in a geographical area who have one or more traits in common.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community Community] by Merriam-Webster</ref> Unless a community is a formal organization with rules, it has no responsibility to police its members.

==Anti-pornography views==
The Golden One detests [[pornography]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guck9gUOIls Why I Hate Porn and Why You Should Stop Watching It]. The Golden One, YouTube, 14 June 2017.</ref> and believes that it causes men to become [[Emotional appeal|"pacified sheep"]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/JkrbomvXuOE?t=201 Pro-porn heretics claim porn is good for young men. The Golden One: Response]. The Golden One, YouTube, 14 November 2018.</ref> His explanation of [[Correlation does not imply causation|''how'']] this supposedly happens is based on his belief that it "reduces the willpower in your brain on a biological level".<ref name="rebuttal" /> A scientific study by Kohut and Stulhofer in 2013 was unable to find a definitive correlation between porn consumption, well-being, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088458 Is pornography use a risk for adolescent well-being? An examination of temporal relationships in two independent panel samples] by Kohut and Stulhofer, 2013. Two independent samples of 455 and 858 teens were taken from [[Croatia]]. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was any [[correlation does not imply causation|correlation]] between porn consumption, well-being, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. A correlation between porn consumption, depression, anxiety, and low well-being was found for the female teens in 1 sample but not both. One flaw with this study is that the dependent variables are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to measure objectively. That said, the study showed ''mixed results''.</ref>

==Alleged conspiracies against him==
Like any good right-wing nutjob, the Golden One also loves to indulge in [[conspiracy theories]]. For example, he claims that the racist indie game "Angry Goy II", which features him as a playable character, is a secret ploy by [[Leftism|leftists]] to make him look bad,<ref>[https://angrywhitemen.org/2018/11/18/marcus-follin-falsely-blames-leftists-for-making-him-a-playable-character-in-a-neo-nazi-video-game/ Marcus Follin Falsely Blames ‘Leftists’ For Making Him A Playable Character In A Neo-Nazi Video Game]</ref> or that right-wingers who post hateful comments under his opponents' videos aren't really affiliated with him but instead [[shill gambit|paid]] by [[International Jewish conspiracy|the Jews]].<ref>[https://altcensored.com/watch?v=hygx_lgmwgc Response to ContraPoints on Degeneracy. You are but a dog and I am your master!]</ref>

==External links==
*[https://thegoldenone.se The Golden One (official website)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLatsbrah/videos The Golden One (YouTube channel)]
*[https://youtu.be/UwdGZX1fNK8 Response to RationalWiki] (which basically consists of him repeatedly saying, "Yeah, I said that. So what?")
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6jYB74UQmI Alpha Males], by [[ContraPoints]]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wyV0yeSZ94o Why the Alt-Right Is Wrong?], by ContraPoints
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U The Golden One: A Measured Response], by [[Hbomberguy]]
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