Spectre to [email protected] • 2 years ago“You will be more conservative as you grow older”lemmy.mlimagemessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down168
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1image“You will be more conservative as you grow older”lemmy.mlSpectre to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square217fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years agoIn the mid 20th-century, people reliably got more petty bourgeois as they got older. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379422000452
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]linkfedilink15•2 years agoYep, correlation, not causation. Getting older doesn’t cause it.
minus-squareEldritchFemininitylinkfedilink12•2 years 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.