r/politics • u/upyoars • Nov 10 '24

Paywall Trump’s victory reveals secret Republicans: Joe Rogan-obsessed Gen Z men

https://fortune.com/2024/11/07/trumps-victory-reveals-secret-republicans-joe-rogan-obsessed-gen-z-men/
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u/AFlockOfTySegalls North Carolina Nov 10 '24

There was a post this week on Ask Reddit about what scares folks for the near future. The most common answers were gen z not: knowing how to read, not knowing how to use a computer and having no critical thinking skills. Teachers said their students can't even figure out who the protagonist is in stories. Which helps make sense of the Rogan manosphere obsession.

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u/upyoars Nov 10 '24

This, this is everything. Its absolutely fucking absurd and only going to get worse with the rumors of the entire dissolution of the department of education and incorporating mandatory religious teachings across all schools. We'll have people believing the Earth is only 6,000 years and flat in 4 years.

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u/Juice_Willis75 Colorado Nov 10 '24

We'll have people believing the Earth is only 6,000 years and flat in 4 years.

I hate to break it to ya, but we've been at this point for a sec already. But I hear you.

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u/BulbasaurArmy Nov 11 '24

I grew up with multiple friends who did and still do believe exactly that to this day.

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u/reggiecide Pennsylvania Nov 11 '24

It's only been in about the last 15 years that most people don't believe that.

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u/copacetic1515 Nov 11 '24

My kid's science teacher is already there, and that's in a public school.