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@juglugs Seriously, I think there never was a link between age and conservatism. It was a link between wealth and conservatism, and younger generations aren't getting wealthier.  @claudegohier @juglugs I'm sure there was a link, but rather than more people becoming conservative as they aged, people who lean left are more likely to be members of groups at risk of premature death and disenfranchisement  @claudegohier @juglugs Reagan-era policies that have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few without any of the promised "trickle-down effect" have denied younger generations the opportunity for wealth generation that previous generations enjoyed. What's to conserve when you ain't got nothing?  @claudegohier @juglugs don't forget that huge swaths of gay people, who would have been marginalized had they lived, were razed by HIV in the 80s; those people didn't get older. @claudegohier @juglugs Ding, ding. You are so right. It was always about class status.  @claudegohier @juglugs plus the young ones that are going to inherit wealth are likely going to be waiting so long that the beachfront properties will be underwater and only sellable to aquaman. Who probably can't afford a lot of dollarydoos. @juglugs isnโt the current trend that young men and boys are becoming more conservative than previous generations, while young women and girls are becoming increasingly more progressive than previously? @mia_tortilla @juglugs White men and boys, yes. Other demographic categories don't often get noted in the generational comparisons. Younger generations are less white, less Christian, less straight and more educated than older ones. And since the GOP has decided that the only people who matter are cishet white Christians, preferably men, that means their share of the electorate is shrinking. If they don't win this year, they're all but irrelevant. @textualdeviance @mia_tortilla @juglugs Thanks for alleviating some of my anxiety  @textualdeviance @mia_tortilla @juglugs One last big push to keep Donald Dump out of office so he can't hijack the whole system on their behalf before they fade into irrelevance. @mia_tortilla @juglugs Thats the scare headline, yes. Because itโs interesting, and that drives ad impressions. Doesnโt matter if itโs true, or to what extent.  @juglugs a spectre is haunting millennials โ the spectre of material conditions   @Thebratdragon @juglugs Especially at small rural airports where leaded fuel is still used.  @misscrystallyn @BenartyComputer @juglugs I came here to say these two things ^^^^  @juglugs Same thing is happening in the UK. @tokensane @juglugs I'm not British, but considering the amount of cultural crossover between English-speaking nations, I'm going to claim this as good news here, as well. (I really need some good news.) @juglugs @juglugs Breaking the link between getting older and getting richer can't have helped, either. @kennykravitz @juglugs If only the conservative parties would realize this link and start trying to make more people rich to get more voters. @hysteretic @kennykravitz @juglugs It would defeat the purpose, which is to maintain a feeling of superiority. The fewer, the merrier.  @juglugs  @juglugs Yeah but isn't whatever they're calling Gen-Z like in their 20s? I do think there's something to the lead thing though. It's not just paint, we used to spew lead into the air with our cars for decades.  @juglugs Alt opinion: I'm early GenX and I have already matured to a few miles to the left of Jesus. Anarchocommunist/communitarian with a side of #landback and #reparations and #AbolishBillionaires. Do not give me the One Ring, kids. @misscrystallyn @juglugs I donโt know Galadriel, your plan for middle earth sounds lit.๐ฅ @misscrystallyn @juglugs  dip yer toe into the GM vs. Tsla ev area.. vs. savdi$ and theocracy welfare.. wait what? @juglugs  @juglugs I was just about to break out in screams of BECAUSE WE'RE KILLING OURSELVES, YA DUMB ... I like the idea that it's linked to lead, tho. BC we have done some STUPID shit in the past, and hopefully our brains have had time to heal from the worst of that, and we can come up with #NiceThings.  @juglugs @cstross  @juglugs That and "massive, unprecedented wealth hoarding by boomers and early X makes millennials and Z start looking up guillotine design due to being shut out of the housing market"  |
@juglugs And gas.