The thing about elderly millenial guys who went from Vice 1.0 hipsters to Current Thing progressives is that most of them were not “bush era leftists”. Most guys like this don’t know basic stuff like “neocons are all democrats now” because they were apolitical before Trump
— Silenced on Site (@77_steeze) March 18, 2023
This accounts for a lot, I think. Everything is political now. Nothing is political now. Which is to say you can do "politics" now without knowing anything about issues or history. That might be the predominant way it's done now.
A lot of Americans ignored politics for their whole lives but managed to osmose the idea that it's hip and righteous to have sympathy with Democrats and antipathy toward Republicans. This tendency was solidified by the rise of Donald Trump, but that's because Trump has a gaudy interior decorator and his suits never seem to fit. It's all aesthetics.
Of course if you want to talk about aesthetics you can appreciate or create art. But who cares about art?
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That's the first time I've come across the term 'elderly milennial'. I had no idea!
The frightening thing, though, is just how true it is that a number of people who espouse the political left have absolutely no idea about history and so no business opinionating about things they don't know. Nevertheless, it doesn't seem to stop them.
I liked the 'gaudy interior decorator and the suits don't fit' - good one.
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Maurice Chevalier
I think he means "elder millennials." Whether the wordplay is intentional or not is up for interpretation.
If your investment in politics is just dunking on other people and feeling like you're the winner, how much incentive do you have to learn more. It could be said that their needs are already being met, at least in the rather pitiful way they define those needs.
Thank you. Caught the air of superficiality I thought.
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Maurice Chevalier with the Last of the Red Hot Mamas, no less! Always wondered what a Frenchman would sound like putting on a bad French accent.
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