As Albena Azmanova states, the recent EU elections show young voters turning right, to authoritarian solutions to problems. The puzzle is, why turn right when it seems to be the left that offers the solutions young people have claimed to want?
To me — Azmanova doesn't say this — the answer is clear and ominous: authoritarianism is luring young people who have not informed themselves about the horrors it has brought in the past.
@wdlindsy The Right uses short form video on social media, a format that The Left and Liberals shun. Young people will watch "influencer" videos of the "influence" standing in line at a store talking to the audience and making the audience feel like they know the "influencer". Right candidates have mimicked these videos and appeal to young voters. The mainstream and Left are not even in this game.
@wdlindsy It is not valuable to anyone with the power to change things. Short form video is not important to them so it is not important. The People In Charge know everything and know how to win elections. If you bring up Hillary vs Trump or Brexit they will say those do not count because of reasons.
@brinnbelyea Perhaps change happens most effectively when "anyone with the power to change things' is not the one we address, but when we address many anyones who seem powerless but acting together, can be a powerful force.
>> “'I want to change things with my vote – I want the #AfD to shape that.' That would include, for many of the party’s young supporters, explicit backing of 'remigration' of #Germans with #immigrant roots who 'fail to integrate.'"
#YouthVote in 2024 will either push us into the abyss of #fascism or pull us back from the brink.
“'I want to change things with my vote – I want the AfD to shape that.'
That would include, for many of the party’s young supporters, explicit backing of 'remigration' of Germans with immigrant roots who 'fail to integrate.'"
The person saying this is 16-year-old Paul Friederich, who proudly voted for the hard-right AfD. Deborah Cole's article shows the inroads right-wing disinformation about crime and immigrants are making among young voters.