Comment on Reactionaries have you used the same talking points to shun progress throughout history.

magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• katkit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And the protester of one panel becomes the reactionary in the next panel. You can see the person with red hairs in every stage throughout the panels.

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  • crackajack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think that’s what they mean that “you become conservative as you grow older”. To me, doing so means you succumbed to the system.

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have become more leftwing as I have grown older.

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      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Same.

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      well im 40 and I’m a lefty as shit. when does it kick in?

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      • crackajack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Maybe “becoming conservative” as one grows older means differently to other people. Personally for me, as i grow older, I think it means looking for more stability. Which i can get behind but it doesn’t mean i will vote to cut taxes for the rich and austerity. Same as you, I’d stay leftie because i support social justice.

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        when you fall for the peer pressure and propaganda of conservatism

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      • rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        when does it kick in?

        About the time greed, senility and selfishness kicks in.

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    • alvvayson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s what they mean and what they hope you do.

      In reality, only a small amount of people make that transition, and usually it is because of brain rot combined with propaganda like Fox news.

      Most people do get milder and more realistic as they age, but not necessarily more conservative.

      You can still find a lot of leaft-leaning old hippies. I guess Bernie Sanders would be the most famous one.

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      • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        In previous generations, people did on average become more conservative as they got older; people like Bernie Sanders are the exception.

        It’s less true with newer generations because we aren’t accumulating wealth like our parents and grandparents did, and it’s the accumulation of wealth that encourages conservatism

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    • OtakuAltair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On the contrary, this conflict has made me go from a liberal to a hardline leftist.

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      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That is something to be proud of! Welcome to the cause.

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    • Bondrewd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My rule of thumb is that sidevolving is easier than improving or degrading.

      If you are a dumb conservative, you are statistically more likely to have been a dumb liberal.

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      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Once you are a radicalized leftist you’re not going back to (neo) liberalism. You could downgrade to a social democrat, though. Its unlikely a politically active liberal is going to be so disenfranchised they become reactionary… And your explanation is exactly the reason why. If the political activity is coming from self-centeredness, then that person may resort to reactionary politics at some point.

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    • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t think it’s necessarily succumbing to it. Usually it’s more of the fact that you’re well established and have money and a house, so you feel that things don’t need to change anymore so you end up voting conservative. However since it’s seeming more and more likely home ownership and even retirement are too far away to ever be achievable for young people this shifting to conservative as you get older might not happen anymore.

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      • crackajack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Now that you mentioned, maybe once a person get into position of power, they become conservative.

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    • YashaB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What does that mean?

      I might have grown more right-wing in certain topics. I don’t think I’ve succumbed to the system. But I’m not sure.

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      • crackajack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m thinking more socially. I grew up learning about the counterculture and hippy movement. And yet, the same generation, i.e. Boomers, that brought those activism now have become (and being stereotyped as) conservative.

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    • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think it’s more like criticizing how people didn’t learn from the past. The title is about history repeating itself.

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    • rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Exactly! I’ve seen it in the workplace over the years. Most give up and go-along-to-get-along or face shitty jobs and get passed over for advancements.

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  • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t catch that. Neat!

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The protestors also become the parent in the next panel. The child in the first panel is in every panel.

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  • Astongt615@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the child in the third panel is arguably the child form of the first pulling-parent. Excellent design!

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