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Do not underestimate the power of algorithms. I feel like instagram or YouTube are constantly trying to pull me back into the far right rabbit hole.
This is a very good point. I am a member of a far left political party, but I make it a point to listen to what ppl who disagree with me are saying. Watching one video like that on YT completely changes your suggestions feed.
You watch some videos on YouTube and the suggestions are terrifying. Anything vaguely political and I'm swamped with conspiracy theories and other alt right nonsense.
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I am always surprised at how little credit is given to the relentless onslaught of radical fascist propaganda over airwaves, in MSM, and online...all of which do their damnedest to reach young people, teens, and even primary school kids. Very few people have any idea how powerful AM radio and Salem Media Group are. These are all the result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.
In today's environment (and as I learn more about history - really for most of US history) - I would go with "If you are a conservative, you have no heart."
Different parties. Different times. Different meanings of the same word.
There is no reason to become conservative with age. All the things that conservatism claims to improve in life never does, and in fact creates the exact opposite of the claimed effect. This is why we have more gulags than USSR ever did, and more homeless than under any authoritarian regime.
My alt right colleague would claim that it's because authoritarian regimes would kill the homeless and wouldn't need gulags.
Sprinting left since my late forties here...
Biggest reason I see is religious indoctrination.
80s millennial here; I grew up with heavy religious indoctrinate and that's a lame excuse. I went from extreme conservative to woke leftist in my 20s, because that's when I started caring about being informed and began reading the news. Anyone who uses social news websites should have a natural inclination towards the left once they start to pay attention to what's going on in the world. (For me it started with browsing digg, and then reddit.)
If you can't see how blatantly evil conservatives are after spending many years on the internet then you're willfully choosing to ignore what you don't want to see. I know I did for most of my teens. I would "blame the liberal media" and then go in with my day.
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Affluent upbringings without ever having to worry about anything probably
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Because so many prefer a comfortable lie to an unpleasant truth. They want the world to be what they want it to be
To hell with reality
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