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They support communism, like in Italy, because it is customary for teenagers in affluent blocks to do so or to join extreme right wing parties. Half of my frien
by mmarq 4y ago
They support communism, like in Italy, because it is customary for teenagers in affluent blocks to do so or to join extreme right wing parties. Half of my friends have been senior members or founders of minuscule communist parties before finishing high school.
It has nothing to do with their understanding of capitalism, whatever that is supposed to be.
- neumann 4y agoCommunism is not right wing. Maybe a typo, but historically the young on average prefer left leaning idealogies and become more conservative as they get older.
- mmarq 4y agoIt’s not a typo, they either join a communist party or a fascist party.
- reducesuffering 4y ago100 year anniversary WW2 era cycle is rearing it's head.
- engineeringwoke 4y agoBecause Italy is an elderly care state with a hierarchy that is so rigid it might even impress the Japanese. No wonder everyone young leaves or becomes an extremist.
- annyeonghada 4y ago>Because Italy is an elderly care state with a hierarchy that is so rigid it might even impress the Japanese. This is the best description of my homeland I've ever seen. By reading the Italian news one would think the main enemy of the Italian State are young people that are constantly berated, ridiculed and forced to keep hearing how lazy they are.
- mmarq 4y agoIf I get stabbed in Italy the newspaper would title “A 34 year old boy has been stabbed in the park”, if a 18 year old get stabbed in the UK the newspaper would title “A 18 year old man has been…”
- reducesuffering 4y agoWow. Italy's demographics are basically reverse pyramid in just a decade. New babies are still precipitously falling off a cliff. There are actually an astonishing number of 80+ year old women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Italy#/media/File:Italy_Population_Pyramid.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Italy#/media/F...