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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (43 children)

Whenever people say that you grow more conservative when you get older, they're working from the premise that you'll grow more affluent and comfortable later in life. For Americans, that just isn't true anymore. Wages are mostly stagnant, home ownership is much less attainable, and cost of living is at an all time high. Yet for some reason, pundits just can't figure out why millenials aren't getting more conservative as they age, or why zoomers appear to be following this trend.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

yup it applies only to the privileged class, and of course only people in that class would think that is the general experience.

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