"They trade stories of breaking their legs in order to gain extra inches, "bonesmashing" their faces with hammers to heighten their cheekbones, injecting steroids and testosterone to inflate their muscles, and even smoking crystal meth to suppress their appetite. If you had to pick a single corner of the internet that best captures the vices of the Trump era, you couldn't beat the looksmaxxers. Perhaps more than any other group, they reveal the depth of the moral crisis that confronts young men today."
"Its newest star, Braden Peters, made this clear during a recent podcast interview with the conservative commentator Michael Knowles, in which the two discussed a potential 2028 presidential contest between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Vice President J. D. Vance. Peters said he disagrees with Newsom's politics but would vote for the governor anyway because he's more handsome-or, in the group's parlance, he "mogs" Vance. The governor is a "Chad" and the vice president is " subhuman," Peters explained to Knowles, who was gobsmacked."
"On social media, Peters goes by the moniker "Clavicular," a reference to the unusual importance that looksmaxxers place on the width of their clavicles. The white 20-year-old, who was expelled from college, has quickly become the most recognizable member of the movement thanks in part to his constant presence online. Perhaps his most viral moment came on Christmas Eve. While livestreaming from Miami, Peters appears to run over an alleged stalker with his Cybertruck. "Is he dead?" he asks the girl riding in the car"
Looksmaxxing is a movement committed to improving physical appearance through extreme and often dangerous methods. Participants share stories of breaking bones to gain height, "bonesmashing" faces with hammers, injecting steroids and testosterone, and using crystal meth to suppress appetite. The movement fuses narcissism, racialized social-Darwinist thinking, cruelty, and an anti-compassion ethos. Many adherents support Donald Trump but the community resists neat political classification because of pervasive nihilism. Braden Peters, known online as "Clavicular," epitomizes the movement’s notoriety and constant online presence. Peters livestreamed a Miami incident in which he appears to run over an alleged stalker with his Cybertruck.
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