Comment on Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation
HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 1 day agoThat’s interesting and counterintuitive to me, although it fits with a lot of the commentary around right wing politics. I have quite a few Gen X male friends.
As I’m laying in bed a bit tired and trying to organize my thoughts about this I have to remind myself that it can both be true that the biggest shift to One Nation is Gen X men, and that most Gen X men are kind and reasonable people who don’t vote for One Nation.
I wonder how much is a conservative shift with age as that group enters their 50s.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 23 hours ago
Yes, I’ve wondered exactly the same. Will that be millennials like me (not actually me though lol) in another decade? Again, a lot of the polling so far suggests that us and zoomers move to the right slower than previous generations, but we are still young enough for a big shift later in life. I do feel like there is a certain age at which men often become quite grouchy and stubborn, which are conditions that can lead them down the right wing populist rabbit hole.
HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
FWIW I don’t think anyone actually moves to the right as they age. I think that a certain type of person is unwilling to move forward as the world does.
Someone who came of age in the 90s lived in a world where casual racism and sexism was more acceptable, being suspicious of the gays was fairly normal, transgender rights were unheard of, and the people with solar panels and electric cars really were eccentric cranks. If you were a fairly unenlightened but middle of the road person then and are offended by having your fixed views challenged then you’re a right wing crank now.
If you have even a remotely open mind then you’ll be okay.