“You will be more conservative as you grow older”lemmy.mlimage A Cool Dude ( @Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 22 hours ago message-square19fedilinkarrow-up1317
arrow-up1317image“You will be more conservative as you grow older”lemmy.ml A Cool Dude ( @Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 22 hours ago message-square19fedilink
minus-square frightful_hobgoblin ( @frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink7•22 hours agoIn the mid 20th-century, people reliably got more petty bourgeois as they got older. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379422000452
minus-square Cowbee [he/him] ( @Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink11•21 hours agoYep, correlation, not causation. Getting older doesn’t cause it.
minus-square EldritchFeminity ( @EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink7•19 hours agoThere’s a much better correlation between wealth and conservatism than age. Almost like those who begin to benefit from the system of oppression are incentivesed to keep it going.
In the mid 20th-century, people reliably got more petty bourgeois as they got older.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379422000452
Yep, correlation, not causation. Getting older doesn’t cause it.
There’s a much better correlation between wealth and conservatism than age. Almost like those who begin to benefit from the system of oppression are incentivesed to keep it going.