Abolish Amerikkka@lemmygrad.mlM to Agitprop@lemmygrad.ml • 14 hours agoPeople say that you become more conservative as you grow older. Meanwhile me at 80:imagemessage-square2 fedilinkarrow-up148cross-posted to: agitprop
arrow-up148imagePeople say that you become more conservative as you grow older. Meanwhile me at 80:Abolish Amerikkka@lemmygrad.mlM to Agitprop@lemmygrad.ml • 14 hours agomessage-square2 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: agitprop
minus-squareLarge Bullfrog@lemmygrad.mlhexbear9·12 hours agoOlder people in capitalist countries are more conservative because everyone that isn't a beneficiary of the status quo is dead from having no healthcare by the time they get old. linkfedilink
minus-squareRedClouds@lemmygrad.mlhexbear4·4 hours agoLiterally just survivorship bias! The ones who survived to grow old were the ones that benefited from the system. Thus they think the system did just fine. Because for them, it did! linkfedilink
Older people in capitalist countries are more conservative because everyone that isn't a beneficiary of the status quo is dead from having no healthcare by the time they get old.
Literally just survivorship bias!
The ones who survived to grow old were the ones that benefited from the system. Thus they think the system did just fine. Because for them, it did!