OPINION: Jordan Peterson has no problem appealing to young people but, as demonstrated in Victoria, the Liberal Party isn’t making much headway among the under-40s.
– their third defeat in a row and their fifth loss from the last six elections – Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson was speaking at an event almost literally across the road from Liberal headquarters.
It will be interesting to see what happens if ever enough young people say “they want something done about socialism”. Such a demand is not quite as far-fetched as it sounds. In the inner-city seat of Brunswick, the Victorian Socialists party received more than 8 per cent of first preference votes. If the Liberals got beyond the stereotype of the young as woke eco-warrior, they’d discover aspiration isn’t just for the middle-aged.
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