I’m talking about millennial males because that’s who the essay is about, and it’s who I saw this happening to at that time. I infer they are angry because men under 50 shifted from supporting both Clinton and Biden by about 10 to a narrow Trump majority in 24.
I never said anything about them being racist, and as I made clear earlier I think this phenomenon was general to millennial men, but particularly the white ones.
No, and I don’t think it’s productive to assign them motives, for two reasons:
1) Millennials never listened to Rush or Hannity. I know what you are getting at about media, but it doesn’t apply to them.
2) Their behavior shifted. Trump didn’t win them over. Democrats lost them.
But there’s a broader point here and it had a lot of do with my purpose in starting this thread. And I’m going to put it in all caps not to yell at you, but to catch the eye of people skimming a long post.
80% OF THE AMERICAN ADULT POPULATION IS GETTING SHAFTED. And on top of that, another 19% is mostly doing OK but only because they have been conscripted as Janissaries in service of the top 1%.
Most progressives (who, not for nothing, live securely within that 19%) would read that paragraph and nod their head. But for some reason, progressives (broadly speaking) look at 28% of those people getting shafted and say, essentially, “fuck ‘em.”