To me it seems like a huge reason for this is social media and conservative influencers in addition to worsening economic conditions. Social media platforms have way too much control over the content people consume and there’s also a huge amount of money being pumped into right-wing and manosphere content specifically because it helps rich people stay in power.

So what I’m saying is, the problem is capitalism.

Might take a while to fix that though and I agree that teaching empathy and compassion are a good start. Also critical thinking. Parents should probably be aware what content their children are watching and help them engage with it critically. Outright bans probably don’t work.

I think that better education would actually help with most of the world’s problems.