Indeed. And while the "anti-woke Left" — for whom Platner is a test case for "appealing to Trump voters" — often complained that gender politics and antiracism are co-opted, Platner illustrates how talk of class (or "oligarchs") is mimicked by all manner of creepazoids.
Angela Mitropoulos
Platner very much is a discernible type, but it’s not “flawed but basically decent working class joe.” It’s “prep school creep with a sadistic streak and an ironclad confidence that it will never catch up to him.“