n>Where disaffected Millennials might turn next in search of direction is anyone’s guess. Some young men seeking father figures who provide order and authority have flocked to Jordan Peterson, who tells them to stand up straight and make their bed. Meanwhile, the more cynical elements of youth culture have pulled many Millennials—mostly white men—toward the “dirtbag left,” a collection of self-righteous socialist trolls whose strategy for building a more caring society includes dancing on their political opponents’ graves. These post-liberal responses to the perceived vacuity of our hyper-secularized, materialistic age have more in common than they would like to admit. Might there be a third way?
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