How has your surroundings influenced your beliefs?

This could be your community, parents, church, geographic region, or nationality.

Our surroundings have an impact on our beliefs. For example if you’re from the Northeast of the US you’re more likely to be liberal than someone from the South. The same is with urban and rural. People living in an urban setting are more likely to be liberal than someone living in an rural environment.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 11 days ago

Ian is a symptom, not the cause

I came here after the 7/11 video, but after reading the posts here. He does seem to have some issues. He and other people are struggling, and because of it, he becomes disenfranchised. This leads to radicalization, and he ends up supporting far-right views. The far-right has been on the rise in the US for the past decades. In some parts of the country, it's normalized. This is a problem.

He probably comes from a lower socioeconomic background, which affects his resources, education, and job opportunities. Most likely, he'll never escape poverty, and he's probably aware of it. YouTube allows him to escape poverty.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 1 month ago

Using credible evidence, try and convince me to switch ideologies

Which means no think tanks or obscure websites. YouTube videos are fine, but it depends on the channel.

This is why everyone is here. To debate capitalism and socialism civilly. Not everyone here supports a mainstream ideology, so I want to know why. Right-wing populism is popular, and I want to know why. From an economic standpoint. Since isolationism tends not to work.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 1 month ago

It's been 15 years since the scene era peaked, how do you think it has aged?

The scene era had deep V-t-shirts, skinny jeans, and synchronised head banging/crab squats.

Popular scene genres were electronicore and easycore. Electronicore combines metalcore with electronic music. Easycore combines metalcore with pop punk. This era took influence from 00s post-hardcore, such as bands like Alexisonfire, AFI, Underoath, Enter Shikari, and Senses Fail

The scene era started in the late 00s and died out around 2014/2015.

Notable bands are Bring Me the Horizon, Motionless in White, Electric Callboy, A Day To Remember, and Asking Alexandria

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 2 months ago

What do you think will happen next?

Globally, inequality is getting worse, and the middle class is shrinking. College graduates can no longer find jobs and must consider graduate school (Master's or Doctorate) to have a chance at a middle-class job. Costs are rising, and wages are stagnant. Unions are on the decline. Right-wing populism went from a fringe ideology to the mainstream.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 2 months ago

What made you turn away from centrism?

Welfare capitalism is considered to be centrist. Depending on the welfare capitalist system, it can lean to the left or right. Left-wing welfare capitalism has its roots in socialism, such as social democracy. In comparison, right-wing welfare capitalism has its roots in capitalism, such as classical liberalism. Welfare capitalism is currently the most common economic system.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 2 months ago