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We need to understand what causes them to be receptive to this kind of radicalisation. Understand the root cause and then mitigate the root cause.
If i had to guess, the right offers classic masculinity and certainty in the belief system. The world is good or bad, and it is easy to know which is which.
Meanwhile the left is basically everything but typically masculine, and makes little effort to appeal to men in its rethoric and demands (in fact, i personally believe the surface level hostility towards men is incredibly harmful to the cause and should be adjusted for less antagonistic language).
If i was a teenager today id probably feel very lost myself. Being a man is no longer "good", men are oppressors and part of the partiarchy now, and previous male role models are dated without an alternative available. So where does that leave a confused adolescent?
I'm sure that's a big part of it, but there's also a massive cost of living crisis and a lot of straight up gaslighting in regards to immigration. I'm willing to bet if there was a left wing party that addressed a lot of those issues you wouldn't see the same shift rightward.