57
The kids are not all right-wing, data on young voters in Europe say (voxeurop.eu)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/world
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The youth are generally more progressive. Recently, every demographic has displayed an increase in right-wing participation. This isn't so much of an age issue as it is a reactionary issue to educational and economic shortcomings from the last couple decades. Many right-wing populists are just really good at reaching people with distorted messaging, unfortunately.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Perhaps generally, but last week a report came out indicating 1 in 3 male Gen Z'ers believe women should obey their husbands.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    This fits with the article's data of young people radicalizing towards the left and the right in equal measure.

    A question that doesn't distinguish between the centre-right and the far left will show "radicalization without the average changing" as "the far right growing".

    I'm sure corporate and state media are choosing to report on growing support for the far right but not on growing support for the far left for perfectly normal reasons.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Yes, the problem with the rise in fascism is directly caused by neo-liberalism not working for most people.

    People generally aren't smart enough to recognize there are more than 2 sides to every problem, so they think the only other option is the opposition.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent