Our parents took every advantage and then shut the door behind them. How could we trust the system they put in place to keep themselves wealthy at the expense of everybody else? The only choice is a new paradigm that eschews unchecked capitalism and bolsters workers rights.
Oregon Trail Generation, here.
Me in high school / college: "There are people with conservative views and there are people with liberal views, and while I see myself as a Democrat, I don't think we have all the answers, and surely the path into the future is to find people of all political persuasions and find positive compromise amongst them all to move forward."
Me now: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles..."
I’m pretty sure the greatest generation moved left. Remember FDR? My grandfather was die hard FDR
It’s because Gen X (my generation) turned out to be so grotesque.
And given the direction Gen Z is going, we're the only generation to do this.
Where does the millennial generation stand comparatively in higher education percentages?
I hypothesize a correlation.
I've been swinging all over my entire life. First quite far right due to being on 4chan. Then overcorrected to the far left when Trump got elected because of podcasts and Reddit, and now I've been settling somewhere right of centre, though my views are such a mixed bag that I wouldn't really even attempt to place myself anywhere on the political spectrum. I'm not exactly one of those people who, when you know their view on one or two issues, you can reliably guess their view on multiple other completely unrelated ones as well.
It's however been interesting to see how much my personal views have been shaped by the people I hang with online. I see it in other people as well: one of my best friends still hangs on 4chan and he's just as right-wing and racist as you would imagine. Ironically though, hanging here on Lemmy doesn't exactly pull me more towards the left but rather the opposite - I feel like being pushed away.
As long as you’re thinking, you’re doing better than the vast majority
one of my best friends still hangs on 4chan and he's just as right-wing and racist as you would imagine.
...you should get better friends. I completely cut off my best friend of 15 years for this exact sort of behavior.
I hope you're able to learn how to think critically for yourself
And Ezra Klein out here saying Dems need to move right....
The first? Are we sure about that? Generations circa 19th and earlier 20th century haven't moved left as they aged? Sus.
Definitely true for me. Wish I could say the same of my siblings and their partners :(
That's a funny way of saying the center has moved further right faster than our cranky asses have. Jkjk
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