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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

But if you look at the baby boomers when they were young, they were protesting things like the Vietnam War and marching against the government.

Perhaps it's not at all inconsistent. Although my politics are based on morality and I've gotten much more left wing as I get older, maybe a lot of people are just selfish assholes who make decisions with almost no information, and will support whatever politician promises them more money. When they're young, it manifests as progressive, and when they're old and have money, it manifests as conservative.

I want to make sure to emphasize that I think it's obvious that conservatives today back policies that make their constituents poorer, especially with regard to healthcare. But if you're uneducated and don't know anything, politicians can just say the words "lower taxes", and greedy dumb fucks will flock to them.