A new study on Gen Z men revealed that Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson are among the most trusted influencers.
It also found that 52% of UK men believe a “strongman” leader is needed to improve the country. Meanwhile, this article highlights how the right has been incredibly successful at indoctrinating young men into their ideology.
Why the hell is right-wing content so much more effective at gaining support? And why do left-wing influencers consistently fail to do the same? I’ll tell you why: we decided that social issues should take precedence over everything else, and by so doing have thrown all nuance out the window in the process.
The left—and I don’t want to hear Marxists bitching about how progressives “aren’t really leftists” because this kind of in-fighting is part of the fucking problem—needs to radically rethink its approach. Right now, the priority isn’t pushing our agenda. It’s stopping the worldwide fascist takeover.
And yes, this might mean abandoning identity politics entirely, as it is largely responsible for driving people away from the left and toward right-wing populism.
We need left-wing influencers who can effectively use populist tactics. We need less extremism from the progressive left, because in our obsession with social issues, we’ve lost the plot. We need to refocus on the economic needs of the people and stop alienating those who would otherwise support us.
The clock is ticking. Germany’s elections are coming up, and Elon Musk has already shown support for the AfD—the most far-right party in Europe. If we don’t correct course now, we’ll soon be living in a world where fascism dominates and equality is a pipe-dream.
I disagree. The modern left is too busy and moralizing consumption, people’s personal mistakes, and vilifying them before they even get to the table.
If you listen to the lefts big influencers, you would have to cut out your family, a good chunk of your friends, and are expected to maintain exclusively left-leaning relationships.
The left needs a heaping dose of pragmatism.
I say this as a person who identifies as a leftist. I say this as a person who’s tried to spread the word of multiple community actions here in Tucson, only to not get resources because the various progressive organizations don’t deem me progressive enough.
So yeah, I have an entire website, that could advertise crucial community action. But people aren’t willing to send me graphics to upload in the various languages and won’t forward me to the organizations that initially planned these things. All because I don’t measure up to their moral standards.
All in all. Fuck The Democratic socialists of America. Fuck modern progressivism.
They are all no show pieces of shit.
The moderates in my life all do far more for their community than anybody on the left.
It’s moderates I find running the soup kitchen. It’s moderates that decide to start businesses and grow their local power.