• Custoslibera@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Conservatism only works when you have something to conserve.

    We’re inheriting a dying world. Why would I want to conserve the actions and attitudes that precipitated that?

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. It happened with older generations because they bought property. Most people under 40 can barely afford rent.

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        1 year ago

        Hey now, as an older than 40 who has never been reasonably able to afford rent, don’t forget us olds.

        Honestly, same shit was happening to Gen X, which is why everyone was so aloof and “over it,” just more of them managed to be brainwashed than millennials and Gen Z. It was a lot harder to fight against the indoctrination when literally every stupid fuck around you would parrot this shit until their deathbed, and their generation massively outnumbered yours.

        Now Gen Z and millennials are more populous, and the script has indeed been flipped.

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        Bit over 40 here stressing about my next place to live. It’s getting so expensive. When I started thus latest job I was a bit desperate due ro a year without work, and I basically asked for pay that would allow me to afford a single room apartment at the time. I’ve had raises since, and it still feels like I can barely afford the same thing. One of my uncles thinks my opinion doesn’t matter because I don’t own a home, so I’m “unsuccessful”, and we should listen to successful home owners like them.