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[–] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The old conventional knowledge - that people become more liberal and open minded over time

Huh? It's always been considered the opposite.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I don't mean at an individual level - I meant at a societal level. The idea has always been that younger generations become increasingly open minded and liberal as time goes on and that we'd reached a tipping point where tribal, bigoted views could never be the majority again.

    That was a HUGE mistake of complacency, and quite possibly a fatal one for multicultural democracy.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago

    Ah, I misunderstood. Yeah, there was an assumption that Z and Alpha would be more and more progressive, but not enough people paid enough attention to the capture of large parts of those groups by conservatives.

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