Generation Y more on the economic right

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18 Jun 2014, 11:10 pm

Well, that's depressing.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27865991

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18 Jun 2014, 11:23 pm

indeed. :hmph: their kids will rebel in the opposite direction.

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18 Jun 2014, 11:29 pm

auntblabby wrote:

indeed.

their kids will rebel in the opposite direction.

more low information voters going against their own best interests

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18 Jun 2014, 11:32 pm

they think themselves more hip to the swing of things than they really are, IOW they are just tools.

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18 Jun 2014, 11:37 pm

auntblabby wrote:

they think themselves more hip to the swing of things than they really are, IOW they are just tools.

we are all tools

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18 Jun 2014, 11:39 pm

khaoz wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

they think themselves more hip to the swing of things than they really are, IOW they are just tools.

we are all tools

only they have been drinking the Kool-Aid and have no idea they are tools as well.

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18 Jun 2014, 11:39 pm

"Generation Opportunity" is the name of the group funded by the Koch brothers in the USA with the intent of brainwashing college age students. Dunno what the reasoning is in the rest of the world, but it seems to me that people are being trained to assume that logic is wicked propaganda.

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18 Jun 2014, 11:40 pm

the kochs and their ilk are pure wickedness.

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18 Jun 2014, 11:47 pm

From the article:

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Their attitudes include a suspicion of collectivism, a greater scepticism towards the state and more faith in themselves as individuals to get things done.

Pretty much what drove me to the right.....

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18 Jun 2014, 11:58 pm

Raptor wrote:

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Their attitudes include a suspicion of collectivism, a greater scepticism towards the state and more faith in themselves as individuals to get things done.

Pretty much what drove me to the right.....

Huh, same thing that drove me to the left.

Are we sure this isn't a Left/Libertarian generation rather than a solid Right generation?

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19 Jun 2014, 12:00 am

sounds right and libertarian to me.

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19 Jun 2014, 12:03 am

auntblabby wrote:

sounds right and libertarian to me.

Perhaps. But "Right" doesn't go hand-in-hand with accepting shifting social values.

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19 Jun 2014, 12:04 am

/\ Yeah, right-libertarian would be the closest thing.

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19 Jun 2014, 12:04 am

Azereiah wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

sounds right and libertarian to me.

Perhaps. But "Right" doesn't go hand-in-hand with accepting shifting social values.

English right which is less concerned with American hot button issues of race and sexuality.

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19 Jun 2014, 12:11 am

You might have noticed that the *rank and file conservaive of late isn't a died in the wool homophobe and even less of a racist.

* Rank and file: Not to be confused with the stereotypical fanatic that, while still alive and well, actually doesn't quite have the grip that the left would like to think they have.

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19 Jun 2014, 12:21 am

auntblabby wrote:

Azereiah wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

sounds right and libertarian to me.

Perhaps. But "Right" doesn't go hand-in-hand with accepting shifting social values.

English right which is less concerned with American hot button issues of race and sexuality.

Ah, right.
The UK's edition of "Right" focuses primarily on the business aspect of things, and the maintenance of economic inequality, rather than the way we do things in the USA, I'm guessing.

Labour party is about as "Right" as I can support, and I would be voting for them wholeheartedly if there were an equivalent in the USA. The Tories, though? They're pretty much like American Paleocons, last I checked.

Granted, David Cameron isn't exactly a shining beacon of sanity, so I probably shouldn't base my views of UK politics on him.

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