marginalium noun

the notes one makes in the margins.

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young men aren’t shifting right

August 21, 2024

source: crookedtimber.org

by Dorian Minors

I did brain science at Cambridge. Now I'm a behaviour science professor. Read my shit.

Young men aren’t shifting right:

The belief that young men have shifted strongly to the right and far-right has become a background assumption for lots of political journalism. But there’s plenty of evidence that, in Britain and other English-speaking countries, both young men and young women are more likely to support left and centre-left parties …

The UK example they use is striking (a mere 10-15% of 18-24 year olds voted conservative). But it’s also worth pointing out that the conservative position of their growing marginalisation isn’t exactly supported here either. Labour is not exactly progressive.

If you don’t do the thinking, the thinking will be done for you.

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