Submission claim: This opinion piece looks into male Democratic figures from elected officials to media people (most notably the Pod Save America crew) who got started/gained media prominence as the “cool kids” of the young generation in the Obama era. But who now getting closer to middle age appear to be trying to chase the feeling of still being with the “cool kids” in the age of social media algorithms that is actually corroding their judgement and now aligning with the small (but very loud) number of prospective Dem primary voters who dominate comment sections but are unpopular with the voters they claim to be for. This is like the mindset that Republicans made of acting like the more controversial and outrageous a candidate is in the eyes of the media the more the public will back them.
For example the author argues that many of these men shared the support and doubling down in support of Graham Platner sneering at people with concerns as liberal scolds. They even argued his roughness and scandals may make him even more relatable and popular with working class voters. Ignoring the holes in the claims of Platner being working class or the polls showing his support was not because he was pulling more support from working class voters. Furthermore it looks into their largely uncritical embrace of Hasan Piker after 2024 even though since then he has doubled down on many controversial positions that would probably be a liability in close elections and just fundamentally wrong on the merits. It argues part of this is simply a desire to remain relevant and chase the clicks but it means having an ideological shift to trying to chase the attention of the very loud but extremely small segment who may vote in Dem primaries who hate Obama.
CletusCostington on
Very interesting and something that sounds quite accurate based on what I have observed. A minority has become increasingly extreme and has closed themselves off from the vast majority who have changed far less
TheRnegade on
Yeesh, my mid-life crisis is far more tame, wondering if I’m ever going to progress or if I’m stuck where I’m at. It feels like I fail at whatever I try, like fate wants me pinned in this exact place.
3 Comments
Submission claim: This opinion piece looks into male Democratic figures from elected officials to media people (most notably the Pod Save America crew) who got started/gained media prominence as the “cool kids” of the young generation in the Obama era. But who now getting closer to middle age appear to be trying to chase the feeling of still being with the “cool kids” in the age of social media algorithms that is actually corroding their judgement and now aligning with the small (but very loud) number of prospective Dem primary voters who dominate comment sections but are unpopular with the voters they claim to be for. This is like the mindset that Republicans made of acting like the more controversial and outrageous a candidate is in the eyes of the media the more the public will back them.
For example the author argues that many of these men shared the support and doubling down in support of Graham Platner sneering at people with concerns as liberal scolds. They even argued his roughness and scandals may make him even more relatable and popular with working class voters. Ignoring the holes in the claims of Platner being working class or the polls showing his support was not because he was pulling more support from working class voters. Furthermore it looks into their largely uncritical embrace of Hasan Piker after 2024 even though since then he has doubled down on many controversial positions that would probably be a liability in close elections and just fundamentally wrong on the merits. It argues part of this is simply a desire to remain relevant and chase the clicks but it means having an ideological shift to trying to chase the attention of the very loud but extremely small segment who may vote in Dem primaries who hate Obama.
Very interesting and something that sounds quite accurate based on what I have observed. A minority has become increasingly extreme and has closed themselves off from the vast majority who have changed far less
Yeesh, my mid-life crisis is far more tame, wondering if I’m ever going to progress or if I’m stuck where I’m at. It feels like I fail at whatever I try, like fate wants me pinned in this exact place.