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“You will be more conservative as you grow older” (lemmy.ml)
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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the mid 20th-century, people reliably got more petty bourgeois as they got older.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379422000452

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, correlation, not causation. Getting older doesn't cause it.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago

There's a much better correlation between wealth and conservatism than age. Almost like those who begin to benefit from the system of oppression are incentivesed to keep it going.