The people who end up changing their entire base worldview because of political YouTubers seem very fickle and I don't really get it. I know not everyone needs to be an expert on everything, and I know pipelines exist, but it seems like such a fragile thing to base ideology on. It's just a posting aesthetic they've chosen
Considering how much of a dragnet-approach most people seem to have to ideology I don't think it's hard to believe that someone offering an even halfway coherent thought process towards is could win over minds.
I'd wager this person didn't get into fascism on the basis of reading Ernst Jünger or something, it was Erika memes and based trad anti feminism against women with blue hair
yeah I know, I've just had bad experiences with people who change their minds so suddenly over things they found online. I've known two people like that who became leftists for a while, and both of them ended up drifting away after just the slightest exposure to something else. One got into leftist stuff because of anarchist memes, Utah Phillips music, and some forgotten youtube debate guy. He became a typical right wing libertarian after seeing a different set of memes, and now he's some kind of Catholic monarchist.
It is a mix of them living a comfortable life while just being afraid of current events... and being kinda stupid.
A former friend I had went from being a Marxist to a Neo-liberal simply because his views are based on what media he is consuming. While I understand that this would affect anyone, he is one of the most impressionable people I have ever met. Youtubers moved on from "leftist" content because they fell out of the fad. He had never understood any theory and is so afraid of imminent fascism (from a liberal perspective) that he thinks that by embracing capitalism, it will keep fascism at bay. Yes, hes a moron. Also he has a massive ego and absolutely no self-awareness, so he would lecture you like he is a well read expert that has always believed something despite just repeating what he heard from his pundits in the past week.
I ended up cutting him off because he was insufferable. It is one thing to agree to disagree to co-exist with a long time friend, it is another when his personality is so corruptible.
The people who end up changing their entire base worldview because of political YouTubers seem very fickle and I don't really get it. I know not everyone needs to be an expert on everything, and I know pipelines exist, but it seems like such a fragile thing to base ideology on. It's just a posting aesthetic they've chosen
Considering how much of a dragnet-approach most people seem to have to ideology I don't think it's hard to believe that someone offering an even halfway coherent thought process towards is could win over minds.
I'd wager this person didn't get into fascism on the basis of reading Ernst Jünger or something, it was Erika memes and based trad anti feminism against women with blue hair
People can have their minds changed about politics. It happens quite often.
yeah I know, I've just had bad experiences with people who change their minds so suddenly over things they found online. I've known two people like that who became leftists for a while, and both of them ended up drifting away after just the slightest exposure to something else. One got into leftist stuff because of anarchist memes, Utah Phillips music, and some forgotten youtube debate guy. He became a typical right wing libertarian after seeing a different set of memes, and now he's some kind of Catholic monarchist.
maybe they just got bored of their last ideology
It is a mix of them living a comfortable life while just being afraid of current events... and being kinda stupid.
A former friend I had went from being a Marxist to a Neo-liberal simply because his views are based on what media he is consuming. While I understand that this would affect anyone, he is one of the most impressionable people I have ever met. Youtubers moved on from "leftist" content because they fell out of the fad. He had never understood any theory and is so afraid of imminent fascism (from a liberal perspective) that he thinks that by embracing capitalism, it will keep fascism at bay. Yes, hes a moron. Also he has a massive ego and absolutely no self-awareness, so he would lecture you like he is a well read expert that has always believed something despite just repeating what he heard from his pundits in the past week.
I ended up cutting him off because he was insufferable. It is one thing to agree to disagree to co-exist with a long time friend, it is another when his personality is so corruptible.