http://www.takimag.com/article/the-truth-about-pervs/
I don't know if it's true, but it has a lot of notable examples and seems to explain what is, otherwise, rather inexplicable.
Taki's Magazine is full of interesting, off-label writing. Here is another example:
http://www.takimag.com/article/calamity-of-so-long-covid/
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free. Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men. -Napoleon