Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right
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This is important because as the population is getting more diverse, gerrymandering districts and suppressing non-white votes are more important than ever for republicans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-...
Also, people of nearly all demographics become more conservative as they age. This makes sense, because the more you have, the more you want to maintain and protect your current way of life. Those who are young and/or poor are much more interested in pursuing changes to the system as they have less to lose and everything to gain.
It would be interesting to see if they can separate that effect and it's rebound out.
That would seem reasonable. If Republican is to be taken as Conservative, then if you are wanting to keep things to how you're used to it then suppressing votes is a natural way to achieve that.
The whole batch of millennials won't be graduating to 40, till 2036. Atleast, wait till then.
This PhD Student's data analysis project provides clear evidence on the effort by major news & entertainment media to shift the political culture.
"1/n Spent some time on LexisNexis over the weekend. Depending on your political orientation, what follows will either disturb or encourage you. But regardless of political orientation, I'm sure we can all say 'holy fucking shit'"
https://twitter.com/zachg932/status/1133440945201061888?s=11
Source: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/06/th...
The result... An attempt to shift the Overton window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
Policy discussion is healthy. Supporting your political "team" is stupid.
I'm replying to this here since the comment itself is flagged and dead.
Out of curiosity: What makes you think this way?
The only differences I see among the candidates are within the realm of social issues.
Moderate left-leaning economic policies (e.g., 90%+ capital gains tax and the reinstatement of the pre-1980s welfare system) aren't anywhere to be found among the current Democratic politicians.
True leftist policies would be considered pipe-dreams by even Bernie Sanders.
Is it possible that your views in the early 2000s weren't truly "Left", but just like... "left-leaning on social issues"?
I think I see the problem here…
The clear targets of such a policy would still be filthy rich with only 10% gains.
I'd wager that most left-leaning persons would be in favor of reducing the entirety of the capital class to "rich, but not rich enough to control the government or buy entire countries". If most would be in favor of it, then referring to it as a moderate policy is reasonable.
A policy like this would be the first step in applying a strong band-pass filter to our "income inequality"^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcapital distribution problem.
> I think I see the problem here…
I mean, shit, it's not a forced redistribution policy like what's championed on the left proper.
Do you know what Leftists actually support or are you under the belief that American Liberals are Leftist and that the left is all about flags, gender identity, and student loan debt relief?
Oh, so we presume that our left policymakers are sensible and reasonable?
There's a joke about economists where the punchline is "assume a can opener..."
>If most would be in favor of it, then referring to it as a moderate policy is reasonable.
A supermajority of Labrador Retrievers in my household believe that a eating a 12oz can of Crisco from the pantry is a fine moderate lunch, but that eating the 2lb can would be unreasonable.
>are you under the belief that American Liberals are Leftist and that the left is all about flags, gender identity, and student loan debt relief?
The Old Left && its economic policy prescriptions have been a dead letter in the US since the '90s. The cultural focus is more useful to peel off blocs who might be inclined to vote, as an afterthought, for a redistributive economic policy.
I don't know why you think that our government has shifted left. Unions are being strangled, rights are being revoked, cost of living for necessities is going up, social programs are being cut off, and everything left is being destroyed piece by piece. The only possible left shift is maybe some social issues. The days of the trusts and robber barons seem to be coming back.
Economically it's...weird, and you could argue that it hasn't really made leftists or rightists happy. That Nikon link the other day (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36131319) --- that doesn't seem to be what White Fascists For Swole America or Free Citizens of Stolen Native Land want. Corporatist is how I'd describe the econ policies of...since I can remember.
But what substantive changes have we made progress in on the left in the last 30 years that required even the smallest sacrifice on the part of the elite? Health care reform? Still private and more expensive than ever. Affordable housing? Ha! Improved working conditions? Nope. Expanding social programs? Nope, even less entitlements. Decreasing retirement age? Bringing equity to oppressed minorities? Reducing imprisonment?
Depends on which governments you're talking about but here's some things I think are becoming more commonplace and are generally considered Left or Progressive policies
* Banning single use plastics * Investing in renewable energy * Running UBI trials * Carbon taxes * Investing in safe injection sites * Any number of pro-LGBTQ policies * High Immigration numbers / refugee support
Of course these vary regionally wildly, and in many places in the USA are actually being reversed instead of progressing.
But I think in many places outside of the USA these types of policies are become much more common
edit: immigration is an interesting one. Leftists want it for a variety of reasons, and usually right-leaning uber-capitalists want it to lower wages
Yes, but they will implement policies that are hostile to immigration as a result because they give too much power to employers.
Leftist is more "open the doors and let them in"