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The kids are not alright (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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I had the opportunity to speak and interact with younger University age people over the past few days (18-24 range) and I can only say that I am shocked by how it's almost universal that they're either irony poisoned fascists, genuine racists, or reactionaries of another sort. Pretty much politically as right wing as it gets.

I worry that the younger people in Gen Z may be potentially the most susceptible to fascist belief in a very long time, due to the combination of terribly bleak prospects and disillusionment, ease of access and exposure to all manner of online extremist pipelines (video game culture, red-pilling), and the overall deterioration of social skills from growing up hooked up to tech.

If we have any comrades around this age group, or with a lot of experience with them, do you find it to be similar where you are? Or am I just unfortunate to have a particularly sour batch where I happen to be?

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[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

From my experience it's both. A lot of them are fascist pilled or don't know that they are, particularly men. Most of them are obsessed with money or luxury in general and the opportunism is really high as far as I saw. They are also mean as fuck, don't give a shit about being nice to others, have no sense of respect (only when they maybe poke the wasp's nest too much and get punched or yelled at do they actually show some humility). But then on the other side I've never seen so many youth organisations on the left, there are a couple that are ML outright and those are student movements. One is literally called Iskra and they do a ton of good stuff like student pop-up cafeterias, protests, classes for marxism etc.

I don't have younger siblings, I do have a younger cousin who needed some course correcting after he started liking some manosphere stuff, but I caught that really early and am happy where he is at now. But to answer your question, I've seen both and not just the other.

[–] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 hours ago

My experience as well. I think it might be fairer to day that less and less of Gen Z are adherents to status quo ideology. Most of the young people I meet are either commies, anarchists, socdems, or fascists. Liberal has become the dirty word.