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One thing I find interesting is that moral outrage and hygienic thought are now the domain of the left - a sharp contrast to even a couple of decades ago. If a
by HumanDrivenDev 9y ago
One thing I find interesting is that moral outrage and hygienic thought are now the domain of the left - a sharp contrast to even a couple of decades ago. If a young person wants to be edgy and rebel - they become far right, not far left.
The 'alt-right' is largely a manifestation of this.
- Impossible 9y agoFar right being edgy and rebellious is only the case in a narrow segment of the world that happens to be overrepresented on HN. The right is rebellion for young, affluent, educated white men that attend liberal universities and work in tech. For everyone else being far right is either how things have always been or not in your own best interest.
- JBlue42 9y agoNot sure about the working in tech thing but that seems an apt description, at least from my college days. There was always a playing of the victim card since the politics of the students at the university were decently left. The funny thing is that, like most college towns, it was a blue oasis in a sea of red so their perspective on being victims was interesting, to say the least.
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoI don't know how you've come to these conclusions. A huge segment of the working class is right-wing and always has been. Being far-right is a rebellion for the poor just as much as it is for the rich.