There are a lot of factors, but I think social media addiction is a factor. I still spend a decent amount of time on it, but the way most of these platforms work destroys attention spans. I thought I had ADHD the last few years. After cutting back on social media and starting to read books, etc my attention span is much better.
I feel like anarchist is the default ‘ideology’ for westerners who move past social democrat and become anti-capitalist. That was me, personally at least. Anti-communism has been hammered into virtually every American from birth. Once I actually learned the concepts I immediately became an ML.
Most Americans have read zero theory, they barely read at all actually. They are usually very anti-intellectual. I’m not exaggerating, most Americans are functionally illiterate when it comes to understanding how the world works. Even worse, they think they know everything despite doing nothing to educate themselves.
Realizing this was actually a catalyst into me becoming an ML. I used to spend all my money on worthless crap. I realized consumerism would never make me happy.
Now I just read, listen to podcasts, go on walks, play guitar, spend time with my daughter, shitpost communist memes. Couldn’t be happier most days.
Seems like it’s done on purpose to wreck class solidarity.