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[โ€“] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It took me years around that sort to realize the common denominators: it's a fundamental lack of curiosity about the world combined with a legitimate inability to see the world through any perspective but their own.

Throw in some ill-defined fear, insecurity, and anger at their situation in life.

[โ€“] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed, I guess as any of us gets truly elderly it's harder to keep curiosity going - our brains aren't as flexible, so we try and go with that we know. I think that a lot of right-wing media purposefully courts nostalgia so they can get their hooks in.