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Comment on The people who believe "progressiveness is just a fad that one grows out of" are the same people that grew up getting brainwashed into regressive politics. The belief is only true for them.

justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Boomers at least had a reason to go through this development because they were still able to accumulate some wealth. With a good job in the 80s-90s it was possible to invest into assets that have by now exploded in value. That does make some people more inclined to hold on to the status quo.

Anyone after Gen x on the other hand has little reason to hold on to a system that keeps screwing them over.

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chahn.chris@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
FWIW I’m a genx who did well and I didn’t grow out of it.

I know the system is rigged, I don’t want to hoard anything, and I want to live in a world where everyone does well.

People that change their values because they make a lot of money don’t actually have any values.

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- Cherry@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Same. I live small with little, I choose to recycle and not waste, I underconsume. I work to help others. Progressive and proud.
  
  It pisses me off when those around me complain about the young, if the young can’t build lives they have nothing to conserve.
  
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snek_boi@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think that, with boomers, you’ve got something special happening: boomers were brainwashed by Reagan, by neoliberalism.

But it’s also worth pointing out that the evidence shows a clear trend: hard-earned wealth is tied to progressive values.

Broadly, richer people who worked for their wealth are more progressive than poorer people. Note that THIS IS TRUE LESS AND LESS THE MORE THE WEALTH IS SOURCED FROM EXTRACTIVE PRACTICES. But, assuming the wealth was earned from work, it holds true. The effect work-wealth has on progressive values is multiplied with education and interconnectivity from living in cosmopolitan spaces or having access to the internet.

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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

they were still able to accumulate some wealth

Right, and they became “conservative” because they want to hoard it for themselves to the detriment of others. They mentally regress to a selfish two-year-old.

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- parsizzle@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Wealth is like the One Ring to Rule Them All..to most people. The second they have it in their possession it takes over and they turn into Gollum, unwilling to let it go and very happy to do almost anything to retain or bolster what they have.
  
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