In April, 51-year-old William Hillard was charged for making pipe bombs in his mother’s house in Vermont, where a raid uncovered his semiautomatic rifle with the phrase “WHITE POWER” on it. Would-be mass shooter Tres Genco, who identified as an incel, was foiled because his mother discovered his weapons and disturbing writings in his bedroom and decided to alert the police. White nationalist Nick Fuentes, 23, only recently discussed the possibility of moving out of his parents’ house in Chicago. Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the extremist Proud Boys and likewise indicted for storming the Capitol, was even older - and also residing with his mom.
Jacob Angeli Chansley, the “QAnon Shaman” who became the face of the January 6th Capitol insurrection, was at the time 33 years old, jobless and living with his mother. But the stereotype of the loser still mooching off their parents becomes less funny by the day, as the nature of those depressingly limited lives has continued to create real danger.
