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How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right (www.theatlantic.com)
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Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I called it in 2020 to my therapist. I linked the flu pan to the rise of fascism and theorized that major catastrophic events plus fear may lead to something similar now. Least glad I've ever been about being right on anything.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

COVID oversaw the extreme price gouging while squeezing "non-essential" businesses into insolvency. Inflation is still high where it matters to most people. We're losing our quality of life to produce more billionaires and we've been convinced it's the immigrants and queers that are to blame.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 17 hours ago

I'm not convinced. It's the rich ruining our lives.