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There are so many quotes that I’ve seen, about how young people are more liberal, and as you get older, people tend to get more conservative.

… I’m an “elder” millennial… like, so early on in the millennial generation that I barely count as a millennial, myself and all my same-aged friends have pretty much been very liberal from a young age and I can confidently say, none of us have changed in this regard, despite all of us reaching 40.

All the shit they say about getting older and changing your mind might be true for some, but on the whole, it’s little more than someone flapping their jaw and making sounds. No basis in reality.

To give an easy example, all of my friends who are similarly aged, who attended college, have long since paid off any student loans we took out for college, even me, who did two diplomas (more than most) and had a difficult time getting into my field and earning a fair wage. Ask any of us about student loan forgiveness and we’re all supportive. Why punish a whole new generation of people just because we had to go through the terrible and broken system, and paid everything off ourselves? Why should they suffer like we did?

More than a few don’t even have children, so it’s not like their kids are going to see a benefit from it. Yet, we support it. Because that’s what we believe in.

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Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Ask any of us about student loan forgiveness and we’re all supportive. Why punish a whole new generation of people just because we had to go through the terrible and broken system

But this is what loan forgiveness would do. It would punish future generations by driving up prices even more. Loan forgiveness is a one time handout to whoever happens to owe at the time. It’s a “fuck you, I got mine” move

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- MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Loan forgiveness is just one example and I didn’t examine the topic in depth on purpose, but bluntly, loan forgiveness without reform in the system isn’t very meaningful, so when I’m referring to loan forgiveness, I’m not strictly just referring to forgiving existing loans; the topic should also include reform to the system to reduce or eliminate student loans for all future generations.
  
  That context was beyond the scope of the original discussion. The fact that this was your take away, is very interesting to me, since it wasn’t really the point of the post.
  
  In any case, I hope you have a good day, and good luck in life.
  
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  - Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That may be the case for you, but it’s not even on the radar for most advocates of student loan forgiveness. You’re an outlier. That’s why it was my take away.
    
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  - time_lord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Than call it loan reform.
    
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tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m in my mid 50s now and I haven’t got more racist… I’ve got angrier that things that were wrong in my youth are still wrong now, angrier at politicians that claim to represent me spouting racist bullshit. But if anything I’m more left wing than I was, and I’m definitely more liberal than I was 10 years ago.

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