This is what my anti communist mom and father-in-law have been telling me. ๐
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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my understanding is that older generations tend to be more conservative, but conservatives also tend to come from money which correlates with longer lifespans. so, to a degree, it's not individuals becoming less progressive as they age, but progressive individuals being less likely to survive into old age.
The assumption previous generations made is that as you get older you will gain more wealth and assets, and so you become more conservative from a desire to protect that wealth.
Except with late-stage capitalism people just stay poor for their entire lives, so this never happens.
Then they die and the eight people who survive their 55th birthday are the conservatives with acres and acres.