• honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    John-Burn Murdoch wrote an article about this (you may have to access it via Google or an Archive, I believe FT has a soft paywall), but this graph from the article is basically the tl;dr. The same applies to a couple of other wealthy nations, but I only remember Norway (I think he posted an addendum to the article on Twitter), but it’s certainly not the trend in every country in the “west”.

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      10 months ago

      Jesus. No wonder the GOP is scared shitless of younger folks. That’s a pretty stark lookout for the right. (FWIW, I’m 53 and starting dipping left 10-years ago. Guess I’m a little odd, though not an outlier.)

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        10 months ago

        People go conservative when they are afraid that the status quo can be taken away from them.

        Everyone under the Boomers has been eating shit, and licking boots their entire life. What wealth do they have to protect? What status quo do they want to keep?