2026-08-08 00:36 UTC
@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social @jik@federate.social as I understand it there are several things happening that add up to old people being on average more right wing than young people, that get misinterpreted as people getting more right wing as they age.
One is the thing you mention - straight cis white male able bodied people tend to be more right wing, and also to live longer because wealth and privilege, so they are over represented among old people.
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@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-08-08 00:39
@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social @jik@federate.social another is that society gets more left wing faster then individual do. Someone who in their youth in the 70s was left of centre, and has gotten a little more progressive over the next 50 years, is right of centre in the 2020s.