I'm not really in those circles but I feel like the timeline is wrong here. I don't think young men see these figures, then venture out parroting them and crash their metaphorical bicycle. I think the bicycle crash is what makes them seek out that content. Maybe that's how it's working with very young men who are just now starting to talk to girls, idk.

The problem from where I stand is that conventional advice on how to get attention from women doesn't work like it used to. Young men are entering the world and finding that they're just not as attractive as their mothers have been telling them their whole life, and setting yourself up to have a decent income isn't the selling point that the older generation told us it was.

So you either focus on other areas of your life and maybe you happen into some kind of relationship, or you look to adapt to this world of dating apps and hook-ups and you probably end up unsatisfied for a number of reasons, and that's when someone turns to the manosphere.