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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 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

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