It's worse in the US because there is actually partisan disagreement over real issues in the US. The populist takeover of the GOP means that there is actually a genuine anti-establishment voice in American politics, unlike everywhere else in the Western world.
Populists and nationalists comprise the GOP voter base. The party itself is still overwhelmingly RINO and/or neocon, and this includes nearly all mainstream messaging. Trump carries 90%+ approval rating among republican voters, but the percentage of republican officials either betraying or trying to "move past" Trump is probably also 90%.
It's anecdotal and skewed, but skimming through comments on stuff like Economics Explained's recent video about whether not Brexit would be 'as bad as we thought' -
If those are reflective of young UK leftists, it's at least simmering-under-the-surface bad. General disdain, an assumed stance that the brexiteers are all children of caveman like intelligence who enjoy chaos, are stupid, had no idea what they're doing, blablabla, and basically what Impossible1 is saying - they're waiting for the stupid old racist people to die so their Inevitable and Virtuous belief system wins by default and they can restore rationality to the world.
There were a few stubborn folks offering counterpoints but they were getting either ignored or shoved aside via downvotes.
It was... depressing. Not surprising, but they are just lost, wandering around talking only among themselves and being pretty spiteful. But what else can you expect from trendy, globalist friendly economics commentary on youtube?
Reminds me of Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clark. Alien outsiders impose an artificial utopia on the whole planet. The end result? Total erasure of human cultures and individual identities followed by indoctrinated children siding with the invaders. Oh, and the invaders end up looking exactly like the demons of Christianity. It's an almost perfect allegory for globalism.
I don't think it's this bad anywhere else in the world, although leftists being more intolerant is the norm.
It's worse in the US because there is actually partisan disagreement over real issues in the US. The populist takeover of the GOP means that there is actually a genuine anti-establishment voice in American politics, unlike everywhere else in the Western world.
Populists and nationalists comprise the GOP voter base. The party itself is still overwhelmingly RINO and/or neocon, and this includes nearly all mainstream messaging. Trump carries 90%+ approval rating among republican voters, but the percentage of republican officials either betraying or trying to "move past" Trump is probably also 90%.
I'd say the rest of the Anglosphere is worse. Shit, Australia is currently putting people into concentration camps and the masses seem to applaud it.
Actually, it's less bad in the UK. There was a poll touching on this exactly - but it wasn't of students.
It's anecdotal and skewed, but skimming through comments on stuff like Economics Explained's recent video about whether not Brexit would be 'as bad as we thought' -
If those are reflective of young UK leftists, it's at least simmering-under-the-surface bad. General disdain, an assumed stance that the brexiteers are all children of caveman like intelligence who enjoy chaos, are stupid, had no idea what they're doing, blablabla, and basically what Impossible1 is saying - they're waiting for the stupid old racist people to die so their Inevitable and Virtuous belief system wins by default and they can restore rationality to the world.
There were a few stubborn folks offering counterpoints but they were getting either ignored or shoved aside via downvotes.
It was... depressing. Not surprising, but they are just lost, wandering around talking only among themselves and being pretty spiteful. But what else can you expect from trendy, globalist friendly economics commentary on youtube?
Reminds me of Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clark. Alien outsiders impose an artificial utopia on the whole planet. The end result? Total erasure of human cultures and individual identities followed by indoctrinated children siding with the invaders. Oh, and the invaders end up looking exactly like the demons of Christianity. It's an almost perfect allegory for globalism.
Not exactly uncommon unfortunately. I've seen that far more in the US.