Far-Right US Blogger Reaches Hundreds Of Thousands From Switzerland

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) US author Vox Day was behind the manosphere concept of“sigma males”. He disseminates his right-wing extremist ideas from Switzerland. We meet him in a quiet village in canton Fribourg. This content was published on December 9, 2025 - 09:00 9 minutes

As a reporter I cover developments in democracy where the Swiss perspective becomes relevant. I am Swiss and have long been fascinated by the way public discussions shape society.

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My work focuses on multimedia content formats. I produce videos and photos for SWI swissinfo's various online channels and work as a picture editor. I hold a bachelor's degree in Multimedia Production and completed an apprenticeship as a mediamatician.

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Benjamin von Wyl (text), Vera Leysinger (photos)

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The Wall Street Journal once called Vox Day“the most despised man in science fiction”. Academics describe him as a“white supremacist”. He rejects this label and sees himself as a Christian nationalist.

“If you want to criticise me on something, then what you should criticise me on is I reject the Enlightenment,” Day says. Two hundred years ago, the Enlightenment sounded good, he says.“We didn't know where free trade, democracy and so on would get us.” Today, the“collective West” is on the brink of the abyss, he says, adding that this is why the rest of the world rejects the values of the Enlightenment: because they want to“survive” and“thrive”.

We meet Day in an unfinished residential building in an industrial park in the village of Cressier, canton Fribourg. In the half-empty flat, Day has set up a gym and machinery for his leather-binding business.

The reason Swissinfo is interested in Day is the reach of his influence. According to Similarweb, his blog gets over half a million hits per month – mainly in the US, the UK, Australia and Hong Kong.

“If you want to criticise me, it should be for rejecting the Enlightenment,” says Vox Day. Vera Leysinger / SWI swissinfo

Day uses harsh, discriminatory language. He recently titled an article“Ben Shapiro Is Cancer” about the right-wing Jewish US publicist – because of his pro-Israel stance.

In another post, from 2025, Day asked whether racist politics might not be a“rational containment strategy” to regulate coexistence with a“visually distinct population of low-IQ savages”.

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