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This is what my anti communist mom and father-in-law have been telling me. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The assumption previous generations made is that as you get older you will gain more wealth and assets, and so you become more conservative from a desire to protect that wealth.

Except with late-stage capitalism people just stay poor for their entire lives, so this never happens.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Then they die and the eight people who survive their 55th birthday are the conservatives with acres and acres.