2026-08-08 00:41 UTC
@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org @davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social Hmm, can you elaborate on that? Society is made up of individuals, so what exactly does it mean to say that society gets more left wing faster than individuals do?
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@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-08-08 01:03
@jik@federate.social @davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social young people start off very progressive compared to the society of crusty conservative old people around them. Tweny years later they've absorbed a few progressive ideas from their kids' generation - they've moved left, and they're stodgy centrists now. Twenty more years and they've absorbed a few progressive ideas from their grandkids' generation, moved a bit further left (but more slowly than in the previous twenty) and they're crusty old conservatives now.