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Peter J. Curtin's avatar

Given the effects of social media and 24 hour news cycles on the human brain - especially brains that did not grow up with them - I suspect one answer, sadly, is that matters will slowly improve over the next twenty years as the members of the angriest, most conspiracy-obsessed age groups naturally depart the world.

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Sam Gould's avatar

Let's not stigmatize older Americans. I turned 80 this year and don't watch Fox News, I am not angry, nor have I become susceptible to culture wars and conspiracy theories. In fact, many of my friends in the octogenarian and septuagenarian ranks are likewise, while many of our younger acquaintances are completely wacko. Perhaps the social media so popular among younger folks is their version of Fox! "Just sayin," don't judge us by the wrinkles and farts.

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Peter J. Curtin's avatar

I'm not stigmatizing any group. I'm just reviewing the survey/polling evidence and voting patterns. The age cohort group which polls as the biggest "offender" in those aspects is the 50-64 age cohort.

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Peter J. Curtin's avatar

Note that I am in that age group. I was horribly offended to find out that the CDC considered 50+ to be тАЬolderтАЭ Americans.

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knowltok's avatar

I hope you were going for intentional funny irony there.

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