I don't think most do. For most, it's whatever aesthetics they think are cool plus whatever group they find some measure of acceptance in, all heavily filtered by the context of their parents' politics and what they think of their parents.
I'm sure there are some really well-read and thoughtful 16-year-olds out there, but that's not the median.
They probably haven't read much more political theory, but they likely know more about the world in general and are likely more committed to whatever they've chosen to believe.
I'm not saying old people are set in their ways permanently and young people aren't; I'm saying old people are more set in their ways. I'm betting it's easier for people to write off stuff they believed in at 15 as a phase than it is for them to write off a decade or two of adult political activity as wrong.
that is true but I don't think older people often being set in stone is necessarily indicative that your average young person knows that much less about politics, hell studies have shown people are worse at recognizing fake news as they age
See, theres your issue; a lot of us didn't talk to people or go outside, so you may as well read about the economy (or, in these guys' cases, about ethnic cleansing or whatever, i guess).
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I don't think most do. For most, it's whatever aesthetics they think are cool plus whatever group they find some measure of acceptance in, all heavily filtered by the context of their parents' politics and what they think of their parents.
I'm sure there are some really well-read and thoughtful 16-year-olds out there, but that's not the median.
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there's really no opportunities to volunteer as 13, nor much use in reading marx that young tbh
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based, i did some, but I couldn't find any secular charities or mutual aid orgs that would let me participate. was all religious stuff
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Wondering if the only way to get you to read Marx would be via the alphabet soup edition of Capital.
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Eh I honestly don't think the average grown adult is much more politically educated than the average teen at least today
They probably haven't read much more political theory, but they likely know more about the world in general and are likely more committed to whatever they've chosen to believe.
i've literally changed boomers' whole ideologies by messing with their facebook feeds
I'm not saying old people are set in their ways permanently and young people aren't; I'm saying old people are more set in their ways. I'm betting it's easier for people to write off stuff they believed in at 15 as a phase than it is for them to write off a decade or two of adult political activity as wrong.
that is true but I don't think older people often being set in stone is necessarily indicative that your average young person knows that much less about politics, hell studies have shown people are worse at recognizing fake news as they age
See, theres your issue; a lot of us didn't talk to people or go outside, so you may as well read about the economy (or, in these guys' cases, about ethnic cleansing or whatever, i guess).
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I remember there being a fair bit of "received wisdom" when I was skirting that chud lite phase of my youth.