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What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? (lemmy.world)
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I think progressives never thought about this because we banked on immigration and demographic change allowing us to win culturally and electorally but the issue is immigrants tend to be overwhelmingly male, that is how Trump won actually he won over a lot of Hispanic,Black,Asian and indigenous men who feel humiliated by a new culture, economy and world.

So what can we do rhetorically and policy wise to win more young men over. I have a few ideas.

My idea is legalized prostitution,fully legal with brothels and everything. The reason it has to be legalization is decriminalization still creates a stigma and grey area where it being legal lessens the stigma greatly.

This doesn't hurt anyone in the progressive coalition it actually benefits women if anything since women will have tons of high paying easy jobs. Before you say would you do it ? I am already a sex worker and I would be a prostitute if it were fully legal.

The right can't copy it since it alienates their evangelical base

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[โ€“] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree from a moral basis that prostitution should be legal, but I don't see how that wins you many votes.

The working-class strategies are the best bet IMO. Raise minimum wages, universal healthcare, mandatory PTO/family leave/etc, strengthen unions to make jobs safer and better-paid, increase education quality.

[โ€“] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I think housing is another policy that benefits young men a bit more.

Young women now move out of their parents house at higher rates for a reasons.

They are more likely to go to college so they can live in dorms.

A thriving sex work economy allows us to just afford it.

A woman can find a boyfriend easier to help split the cost of rent