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this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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these types of people feel like they're flailing wildly for an identity
it's all just college students trying to fit in with cliques, right? some people become goth in college, some get into baseball, some weirdos do whatever this is. "I'm in the neoliberal club" yeah ok
Its normal for young people to generate some random ideology not really linked to their actual conditions in any way. It's usually not very serious or backed that strongly but instead draping in aesthetic.
The true radicalisation comes after screaming in the staff room after a few years of working realising this is it forever. Or me hiding in the toilets at my office until the lights turn off and i just continue sitting there.
yeah sometimes I actually want to sympathize with younger people who do this. They're adopting wacky ideologies and making it their entire personality because they don't have need for politics yet. It's a fun game for them
Yeah, when I was a kid, I was always left sympathetic, but a total lib. Nothing brought me further to where I am today than getting a job with a large company and experiencing the dissonance of the CEO rolling out the red carpet for himself to tout the amazing year we had before calling an all-hands meeting to say that there wasn't money in the budget for raises.
Also, the design of social media engagement rewards bombastic behavior and "maxing" anything to stand out from everyone else. You can't just be Bob, a guy who tacitly supports the neoliberal global order. You have to be Slazac the NATO loving kawai catboi nyan uwuuu~<3
That really puts into perspective a person I know who changes religion and political ideology every 2 years. Always updating their social media space to reflect the changes. It's a way of standing out