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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

People become more conservative once they actually accumulate wealth that they can use, and don't want policies passed that will reduce that wealth.

Millennials and younger generations have not the opportunity to generate the same amount of wealth by their 30's or even their 40's as Boomers had.

Therefore leftism and liberalism will be more predominant in these younger generations.

[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And in my 40s I've started organizing.

[–] rubpoll@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're not an Anarchist in your 20's you have no heart.

If you're not a Tankie in your 30's you have no brain.

[–] coderade@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

based. People usually become more conservative as they gain wealth. But anyone born after like 1970 has never had that happen because neoliberalism has concentrated all the wealth

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

spongebob-i-fucking-love speech-l If YoU aRe NoT a LiBeRaL wHeN yOu ArE 30 yOu HaVe No HeArT, aNd If YoU aRe NoT a CoNsErVaTiVe WhEn YoU aRe 40 YoU hAvE nO bRaIn

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ironically, then they turn around and call us condescending.....despite our beliefs boiling down to "you're not special. No one is."

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

same-picture

Both of those are liberals

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'm 43. I keep moving further left.

[–] ComRed2@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

They still think people become more conservative due to age and not socio-economic conditions.

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Some do and some can see the issues of the current economic systems.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Photo is replaceable by mine, hunched over the laptop when the Internet is down. Text in the Photo the same.

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