• 7bicycles [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Material conditions or alternatively, were they ever that cool?

    I have a theory that for many people, the youth-leftist thing isn't based in solidarity or whatever, it's based in self-interest - across generations. Makes sense to be a socialist, when you're poor, and all. As the survivors gain their riches, they get more conservative - they have property to "defend" now. They were always self-serving people, it's just they were occasionally in a position where that meant to be vaguely left.

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          • 7bicycles [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            And I'd believe you, I don't think nobody helps others out of the good of their heart or whatever. Those people exist, loads of them are here.

            I'm saying, when you get into generational views, it might not hold up for a large amount for them.

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              • Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]
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                Mine too. But they're old and need help, even though they don't see it that way. So I help them then get sick of them. Rinse repeat.

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    • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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      2 months ago

      Makes sense to be a socialist, when you're poor, and all. As the survivors gain their riches, they get more conservative - they have property to "defend" now. They were always self-serving people

      Yeah wouldn't necessarily blame all this on people being ontologically "self-serving" from the beginning, thats liberal moralistic thinking. A shift towards cuckservativism its just an inevitable consequence of gaining wealth and property within a capitalist society. They weren't born selfish, they became selfish after years of indoctrination and falling into a position that strongly incentivises it.