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While many believe young people are becoming more liberal, data shows that 12th grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative compared to liberal. Around 25% of high school seniors identify as conservative while only 13% identify as liberal. In contrast, the share of 12th grade girls identifying as liberal has risen to 30%. Many factors may contribute to this trend, including the rhetoric of Donald Trump which appealed to disaffected young men, and the focus of progressive movements on issues of gender and racial equality which some young men perceive as a "matriarchy." However, most high school seniors claim no political identity, and many boys in high school do not actively discuss

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Exactly. The response among the left seems to be "ha, fuck em" which is a terrible plan

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

You're confusing the Left with Dems. Dems are not Left. They are squarely Center.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, just don't fuck em.

I'm sure the 25% figure will plummet when they enter the adult world, realise Andrew Tate is just a sad, loud little man who never found a way to proccess his fathers abuse and that imitating him does the opposite of getting you laid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Andrew Tate isn't anywhere near the whole problem. Then entirety of the alt-right isn't even the whole problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sure, but they're the ones grooming children for extremism using the techniques of abusive partners, terrorist organisations and social media companies trying to maximise engagement.

Pick any mass shooter at random and chances are they were 20 something, male and followed a familiar path from edgelord to extremist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At least give them a reach-around