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It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too
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In the EU.
In America, it's starkly divided by generational lines, with the remainder being down to race, education, wealth and urbanness, which actually makes me think what's going on in Europe is a somewhat unrelated phenomenon.
Not as much as the "lol boomers" crowd would have you believe.
There's a lot more <50 at Trump's rallies than >60.
Same with the Jan6 traitors. Lots of them were <40
Jan 6 guys are nothing like a representative sample. Trailer park grandpa couldn't show up to that for multiple reasons. Even then, I'd guess a median age of 45 just based on the videos. The shaman guy was like 32 and he was kind of a baby.
I know less about normal Trump rallies, but I don't really need to because there's actual polling to rely on. MAGA youth exist, but they're underrepresented and even more heavily poor, white, uneducated and rural. Meanwhile, in Europe, there's basically no correlation. Young and old alike support AfD about the same.
What we have on this continent is definitely fascism, fueled by pure, barely-directed hate and hostile to democracy. In Europe, I wonder if it's more of a reversion to Japan-like policy, which might have been more natural for these ancient kingdoms all along. That's just a wild guess, but I hope so, because I like democracy.
You need to leave your basement
Ooh, brilliant counterargument. /s
No, you really need to get out and look around.
Your debate skills are breathtaking. Say something about cheeto dust or mountain dew next. Then I'll start asking how many teeth you have and what your family tree is shaped like. This is an excellent use of both our time. /s
I'm not debating. I'm telling you you need to travel and look around.
America has a Boomergeoisie.
As for traitors:
https://time.com/5931320/businesses-boycotted-capitol-riots/
https://www.inc.com/inc-staff/capitol-insurrection-business-owners.html
From your first link:
That gives me some small measure of hope for the future.