this generation is just throwing a collective tantrum at being exposed to the real world and to the fact that not everyone agrees with them.
this is a pretty "right-wing" ideological sentiment. but interestingly, people on the left wing would probably make the same claim about the populist election of trump
The difference, /u/knowcomment, is that the people that voted for trump didn't throw a fit and burn shit. They went out and voted.
Also, in the future, I would be careful labeling an idea as "right-wing" or "left-wing". Ideological purity tests will doom the DNC and its candidates if the left doesn't get its collective shit together and quickly
Left and right is an obsolete paradigm, anyway. The nationalist and globalist groups competing for power now are both mixtures ideas from the erstwhile left and right and other shit that isn't even definable along the left-right axis.
Left and right today just mean big government social progressives and small government social conservatives. There's like 3 fundamental non-social issues that divide the two in total.
"Rhetorically" doesn't mean "from the rectum", fyi.
If you couldn't be bothered to read the linked comment (about the weird ways "left" and "right" changed in Sweden), here's a summary and a generalization:
The left used to be about the worker's rights, and therefore against immigration, while the right was more libertarian.
As time went, the left ended up being dominated by relatively wealthy intellectuals, who sort of switched to supporting minorities and foreign workers, since they lost the connection with the original userbase so minorities and foreign workers seemed to be more worthy of support.
So the new right naturally eased into the resulting political vacuum and became the populist party of the workers, catering to their dislike of immigrants and also by the way of minorities (when that happened on the left, like black people voting for Obama and also against gay marriage (prop 8) in Cali, that was considered unfortunate, the new right embraces it)
And thus on several important issues the left and the right switched places. Less important issues, like whether we want a bigger or a smaller government, apparently are thrown to the dogs: both want a bigger government (to help minorities/to help workers), big businesses support the left (because all this bullshit actually helps them to stomp out small business competition) but also support Trump hoping that maybe he's going to cuck the workers that voted for him, all in all it's a mess.
Shouts out to /r/politics and /r/The_Donald
Edit: uh oh I upset both sides. Yall are delusional if you think both subs aren't circlejerking echo chambers
To be fair, at least people are subscribing to T_D specifically for the pro DT circlejerk. Wouldn't make much sense to call it T_D and bitch about him.
r/politics is and always was a containment subreddit. Back when only admins could create subreddits, the circlejerk was shitting up main. The majority of people who wanted there to be a politics sub, only wanted one so they could unsubscribe from it.
You might get a different impression from the name, and the people that run the place will happily play along in the game that their purpose is somehow more lofty than it is. But it's just a circlejerk sub.
Well I mean what else do they have? There isn't a single right-leaning general purpose sub within three million subscribers of politics. They need to blame someone for the fact that sometimes people disagree with them on reddit.
For a moment, it sounded like HEROES OF THE PROGRESSIVE FUTURE were, for a moment, suggested to pay attention to what LITERAL NAZI'S had to say and not the other way around.
LPT: Listen to people with whom you strongly disagree. You're stunting yourself intellectually by existing in an echo chamber, and learning where others are coming from will only make you a better person.Social
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n/a wwyzzerdd 2017-02-03
The millennial generation was a mistake.
n/a CucksLoveTrump 2017-02-03
Y2K should have happened
n/a pepperouchau 2017-02-03
We got any asteroids making a close pass soon?
n/a bytewake 2017-02-03
ApocalypseNow
n/a FuckURedditor 2017-02-03
It did. It's just that it didn't really mean anything.
I got drunk, kissed a blonde girl named Jenn that I never saw again, and watched some fireworks.
n/a ExtreemWeenie 2017-02-03
commies weren't even a thing before the 90s
n/a CucksLoveTrump 2017-02-03
The difference, /u/knowcomment, is that the people that voted for trump didn't throw a fit and burn shit. They went out and voted.
Also, in the future, I would be careful labeling an idea as "right-wing" or "left-wing". Ideological purity tests will doom the DNC and its candidates if the left doesn't get its collective shit together and quickly
n/a YourGayOpinion 2017-02-03
Left and right is an obsolete paradigm, anyway. The nationalist and globalist groups competing for power now are both mixtures ideas from the erstwhile left and right and other shit that isn't even definable along the left-right axis.
n/a TheMauveHand 2017-02-03
Left and right today just mean big government social progressives and small government social conservatives. There's like 3 fundamental non-social issues that divide the two in total.
n/a Works_of_memercy 2017-02-03
Yeah, tariffs, subsidies and immigration control are really "small government".
n/a TheMauveHand 2017-02-03
Rhetorically speaking.
n/a Works_of_memercy 2017-02-03
"Rhetorically" doesn't mean "from the rectum", fyi.
If you couldn't be bothered to read the linked comment (about the weird ways "left" and "right" changed in Sweden), here's a summary and a generalization:
The left used to be about the worker's rights, and therefore against immigration, while the right was more libertarian.
As time went, the left ended up being dominated by relatively wealthy intellectuals, who sort of switched to supporting minorities and foreign workers, since they lost the connection with the original userbase so minorities and foreign workers seemed to be more worthy of support.
So the new right naturally eased into the resulting political vacuum and became the populist party of the workers, catering to their dislike of immigrants and also by the way of minorities (when that happened on the left, like black people voting for Obama and also against gay marriage (prop 8) in Cali, that was considered unfortunate, the new right embraces it)
And thus on several important issues the left and the right switched places. Less important issues, like whether we want a bigger or a smaller government, apparently are thrown to the dogs: both want a bigger government (to help minorities/to help workers), big businesses support the left (because all this bullshit actually helps them to stomp out small business competition) but also support Trump hoping that maybe he's going to cuck the workers that voted for him, all in all it's a mess.
n/a The_Reason_Trump_Won 2017-02-03
n/a BSSSDSJ 2017-02-03
/u/DatKidNamedCara u my hero fam
n/a DatKidNamedCara 2017-02-03
<3 love u
n/a YourGayOpinion 2017-02-03
Guys, DAE /r/The_Donald, a "24/7 Donald Trump rally", is just as much an echo chamber as the default politics sub?
n/a skivian 2017-02-03
If anything, politics is worse. At least the trumpeters have no illusions about what they are.
n/a YourGayOpinion 2017-02-03
n/a SoButtscrewed 2017-02-03
To be fair, at least people are subscribing to T_D specifically for the pro DT circlejerk. Wouldn't make much sense to call it T_D and bitch about him.
Politics is supposed to be about politics.
n/a YourGayOpinion 2017-02-03
Yes! :-D
n/a midairfistfight 2017-02-03
r/politics is and always was a containment subreddit. Back when only admins could create subreddits, the circlejerk was shitting up main. The majority of people who wanted there to be a politics sub, only wanted one so they could unsubscribe from it.
You might get a different impression from the name, and the people that run the place will happily play along in the game that their purpose is somehow more lofty than it is. But it's just a circlejerk sub.
n/a SoButtscrewed 2017-02-03
Then it shouldn't be called politics if it's not about politics.
n/a SpectroSpecter 2017-02-03
Well I mean what else do they have? There isn't a single right-leaning general purpose sub within three million subscribers of politics. They need to blame someone for the fact that sometimes people disagree with them on reddit.
n/a YourGayOpinion 2017-02-03
I'm not sure what you are trying to convey here, buddy. But, please continue!
n/a thefran 2017-02-03
Ah, that's what Trump supporters did on reddit.
Disagreed with other people. That's what they did. Disagreed.
n/a glmox 2017-02-03
sterling self-awareness on display there
n/a oss_spy 2017-02-03
I just can't figure out why people don't like me
-liberals
n/a zahlman 2017-02-03
Bonus irony: it got removed.
n/a Mournhold 2017-02-03
Oy vey
n/a OnlyRacistOnReddit 2017-02-03
The amount of cognitive dissonance is astounding.
n/a OnSnowWhiteWings 2017-02-03
For a moment, it sounded like HEROES OF THE PROGRESSIVE FUTURE were, for a moment, suggested to pay attention to what LITERAL NAZI'S had to say and not the other way around.
So, it had to be shut down.
n/a massenkompatibel 2017-02-03
Reddit.
n/a nomad1c 2017-02-03
lol why would i want to listen to the opinions of a nazi anyway???
*defines everyone who disagrees with me as a nazi*
n/a as_edgy_as_a_sphere 2017-02-03
>be tolerant of others views >thread gets locked
Oh Reddit.
n/a OnlyRacistOnReddit 2017-02-03
And deleted. This is the type of things /r/drama lives for.
n/a lifesbrink 2017-02-03
There is no such thing as objectively wrong, u/wuverul
n/a cavides 2017-02-03
"2+2 = -17"
"Hillary Clinton is the POTUS"
n/a lifesbrink 2017-02-03
Oops, fixed
n/a OnlyRacistOnReddit 2017-02-03
I think the problem with this generation is that the world is too peaceful. I think we need a couple of nice World Wars to get it back on track.
n/a BannedFromImzy 2017-02-03
Different opinions REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE