and as a zoomer, we seem to be freaking husk people Housing prices and other social work (work "voluntarily" without pay to have a chance in your career) bullcrap makes normal people way too standardized and pragmatic; it is a record high of higher education for at least the people who aren't immigrants or second generation immigrants, which here in Germany are more than a third of the population So you have normies whose culture is just what the media is, or directionless husks who either want to cling to normalcy that they cannot find in the media and end up being isolated or hedonists; however hedonism seems to be more accepted as well due to smartphones and media which leads to this tradcon volcel/incel "counterphenomenon" What you call blue states is every larger city, basically.