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Elliott Pearce's avatar

I’m starting to think that generational demographics explain everything.

Old people like Dreher are rooting for civilization to collapse because they don’t want a new generation with different values to make the world a better place after they’re gone. It means they were wrong about some big things.

Every generation has to go through this, but because of the simultaneous extension of lifespans and collapse of fertility in developed countries, the olds outnumber us and can give reactionaries real power to enact policy built around their frustrations.

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rlritt's avatar

That's so true.

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