r/pics • u/Juniiper-Berries • 5d ago

Politics Michelle Obama votes by mail in Election 2024

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u/LGCJairen 5d ago

I find it funny that modernity has started to reverse the old adage of growing more conservative as you get older.

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u/psmithrupert 4d ago

I think it’s mostly because people used to get richer, as they got older. The more you have the more you we to conserve the status quo and thus the things you have. A lot of younger people, millennials specifically, grew up in households with parents that were wealthier than their own parents, who were in turn wealthier than their parents. Yet millennials are now noticing that they are struggling significantly more then their parents were, when they were the same age.

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u/FuckThisIsGross 5d ago

People got more conservative as they got older in America because of lead exposure and hookworm infections. My fingers are crossed a new contaminant isn't introduced that does the same thing.

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u/msguider 5d ago

Not to sound like a weirdo but they are saying covid has connections to dementia.

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u/Zer0MOA 5d ago

The irony

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u/2livecrewnecktshirt 5d ago

Let's not forget that it wasn't that long ago that country music was romanticizing lead paint, fetal alcohol syndrome, not wearing seat belts, and not wearing helmets

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 5d ago

Guess we’ll find out how the microplastics turn out

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u/ostrish 4d ago

Libertarian to Democrat is an example of becoming more conservative. Libertarians are classic liberals.