• Yoga@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    I’m baffled by the correlation of age and support of conservatives. How is their top demo the youngest one?

    Is social media / podcast bro brainrot really outdoing the common trope of getting more conservative with age?

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      31 minutes ago

      Many are angry, so they blame the guy that’s been around for the last decade. They are too young to remember what Stephen Harper did and don’t seem interested in figuring it out.

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      A lot of people are going to tell you that “it’s the algorithm”, and there’s some truth to that, but honestly I think it’s a lot more straightforward:

      The boomers got everything, and when they burned through that, they burned through the millennials’ share too. If you’re growing up a zoomer, you’re looking around at a world literally on fire, and the emergence of what is effectively feudalism as the dominant world religion economic system. You’ll never own a home, because literally everything is rented now. You’re probably working 2 jobs, though they barely qualify for that word because there’s zero security and you’re carrying all the risk.

      You’re watching a literal genocide playing out on your phone, while the outgoing Trudeau proudly declares himself a Zionist, and literally everything is expensive, especially food.

      Now, consider the political climate:

      • The NDP (and to a greater extent, the entire global left) is toothless and obsessing over identity politics, and if you tell your friends you’re going to vote for them you’re either laughed at or told you’re “wasting” your vote.
      • The Liberals are refusing to recognise the dire state of the economy and the fear & frustration you have. Instead they go on TV and say that the problem with the economy is “vibes” and that voting for Conservatives means you hate gay people.
      • The Conservatives acknowledge that fear and frustration. They don’t gaslight you with claims that “the stocks are up, so the economy is fine”. No, they cast blame: “Trudeau did this. He torched the economy for ‘wokeism’. He put on silly costumes with foreign dignitaries while you had to move back in with your parents. He did this. Him, and those immigrants, and if you vote for us, we’ll get rid of all of that”.

      They’ve got the best story, and their opposition is either inept or oblivious. If they hadn’t made the mistake of cozying up to Trump, they’d be a shoe-in for the next election.

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        53 minutes ago

        and to a greater extent, the entire global left

        Podemos in Spain has been successful, Mexico has a leftist president, Chile’s Broad Front was born from student protests in 2011, Brazil has a leftist president and governing party. The NFP in France is the opposition.

        You’ll never own a home

        Gen Z has some of the highest home ownership rates given their age:

        https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/21/gen-z-ahead-of-millennials-and-their-parents-in-owning-their-own-homes

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        Not to mention the right offers a refuge for straight young men because nobody else is speaking to them.

        If you’re not pure enough you’re toxic and part of the patriarchy. LGBTQIA2SBIPOC or bust.

        Where do you go? Well turns out there are plenty of groups willing to accept you.

        Come be an alpha bro. You just need to hit the gym, find God, pick up a gun and invest in crypto.

        Then you won’t be lonely anymore.

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      Try watching YouTube with a new email and watch your suggestions. If you watch a single right wing video that is all you will ever get.

      Same with tiktok and Instagram.

      Also young men aren’t interested in secondary education, they’re having trouble with jobs, women don’t want to date then due to their right wing views, so they’re doubling down even further.

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      9 hours ago

      Alt-right pipeline is alive and flourishing. Check on your loved ones mental health and reach across the aisle with open arms if you can, block if you can’t. Try not to feed the trolls, and Godspeed!

      E: can to can’t

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        Check on your loved ones mental health and reach across the aisle with open arms if you can, block of you can

        Are you advocating to block loved ones if their mental health is too far gone or am I misreading this?

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          Good catch, meant to say “don’t block if you can” we need them to see our side. I’ll update my op.

          And to add context, this is a waiting game. I’m hopeful the factions align under progressive libs before cons. We all want a better place, we gotta keep moving forward. Regression is bad mkay

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      13 hours ago

      The one Canadian MAGA in my family is my younger cousin. He had some rough economic and health times and the latter affected his cognitive ability. I feel really bad for him but he’s a true PP believer even through this.

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        9 hours ago

        Dang so sorry to hear, I don’t known any vocal PP thumpers around me, but he’s just so bland but like not the normal Candian kinda way, like made in a lab way.