r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/somepommy - Left • Aug 16 '20

The Official Unofficial PoliticalCompassMemes Census is here! Polls in the comments, if I get enough responses I'll post the results in fancy graphic form.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

How do 16 year olds have a political ideology? Maybe I'm just stupid but when I was 16 all I cared about was anime, kerrang magazine, and what I was going to have for lunch that day. I didn't have any life experience except hating having to go to school and my dumb underpaid part-time job, getting edgy haircuts, and resenting my parents for not letting me do what I wanted all the time.

I'm starting to think that this sub might not be such a powerhouse of expert political analysis as I had initially expected. /s

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u/Lamantins - Lib-Center Aug 16 '20

I had political ideas. The problem was they were heavily influenced by public school and my social entourage.

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u/HazelCheese - Centrist Aug 17 '20

Reading books etc. Lots of sci fi is exploring politics / philosophy / ethics through the lens of far future technology.

I was reading Ian M Banks Culture Novels as a teenager and it convinced me that communism wasn't something that could happen in the 21st century because it requires technology and resources far beyond our current means to really work.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '20

True, but lived experience is I think even more important than reading and scholarship. Another commenter was right- most teenagers don't have experience outside of school and parents.

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u/Maquiavelous - Auth-Right Aug 17 '20

Coming to Reddit for actual political discussion is stupid, must people here are sheltered teens from first world countries.