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   Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 13:25:03 JST Al Sweigart

   "Anyone who wasn't liberal when they were young has no heart, anyone who isn't conservative when they're old has no brain."

   Nah, you don't get more conservative as you get older, you get more selfish as you get richer. And my generation isn't getting richer as they get older.

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     The Flight Attendant (cosmictraveler@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 13:25:02 JST The Flight Attendant

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     Eʟʟ (c9a@cathode.church)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 13:25:22 JST Eʟʟ

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     @AlSweigart Another factor I've seen that is rough but rings true: more rich white folks survive long enough to *be* old, so the balance skews as a cohort gets older simply by virtue of conservatives outliving the folks they're busy marginalizing.

     And COVID has only made this worse, it hit people of color much worse than white folks (because of economic factors/access to healthcare/etc).

     I think both dynamics are at play though, and that there will be a shift as millenials and gen Z become a larger and larger portion of the voting populace, because yeah...even many of us who did manage to land a decent job have too many friends who didn't (and/or are queer to boot)

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     Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 14:33:47 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     @c9a @AlSweigart

     there's a significant difference in countries with nationalised healthcare, and welfare safety nets for older people; in my area its often the case the Boomers are *more* liberal/progressive than younger people (as they feel more comfortable/secure in life..)

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 14:33:49 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     I remember in my 20s thinking about how all my idealistic college classmates would be cynical Republican jerks within a decade.

     I never became a total cynical Republican jerk, but I did have a bout of mild conservatism in my 30s and early 40s, but I've recovered quite well now, thank you. ?

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