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Getting older does not cause conservatism. That is a myth promoted by conservatives.

[H/T to @mattalhonte for the referenced article: "Seniors Are More #Conservative Because the #Poor Don’t Survive to Become #Seniors, By Ed Kilgore"]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/0 5/poor-people-often-dont-survive-to-become-seniors-who-vote.html

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Getting older does not cause conservatism. That is a myth promoted by conservatives.

[H/T to @mattalhonte for the referenced article: "Seniors Are More #Conservative Because the #Poor Don’t Survive to Become #Seniors, By Ed Kilgore"]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/0 5/poor-people-often-dont-survive-to-become-seniors-who-vote.html

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Mother Bo... @_L1vY_

Nov 22, 2022 *

Okay, I am sorry to quote myself but this a topic I've picked over and embodied for years, both personally and professionally.

When I shot off a bird thread about it in the grocery store parking lot in October of 2021, it resonated with a lot of people so I'm going to reproduce my words here, where there may be a different or more nuanced discussion about it.

Here goes: getting older does not make people conservative, that's a myth made by conservatives. (1/5)

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Ageing doesn't cause conservatism

"Let's get something straight. Growing old doesn't make people #conservative. In fact the more marginalized identity statuses a person has, the LESS conservative they grow over time.

The reason we equate "old" with "conservative" is that #marginalization kills people off younger.

Some of the most radical people you know are old.

It's just a lot of others died before they could get there, so there's a diminishing proportion. (2/5)

Nov 22, 2022, 01:06 PM

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Mother Bones
Nov 22, 2022

There is a TON of research on this, I'm not just spitballing.

I've been in this field for decades. And I've watched the statistics I studied play out IRL over and over and over for myself and everyone I've known. (Including hundreds of clients.)

This is one of the reasons I'm so annoyed with the intergenerational divisiveness being pushed down all our throats. It's bullsht.

We have allies and enemies across every generation. (3/5)

This is also related to the myth that "racism will die out" or "homophobia will die out' as older people die.

No, bigotry and fascistic attitudes *don't just die out, they must be actively fought and defeated on an ongoing basis.

Because sometimes we make the mistake of thinking "Oh, the youth must not be bigoted like their forebears" but guess what.

If that were true we wouldn't have had the tiki torches or the terf explosion.

Allies and enemies in every generation.

(4/5)

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Just as #privilege accrues the older you get, ALSO #marginalization and deprivation accrue. If you start out on the downside, you can end up much much worse off as you age.

Thank you to @mattalhonte for the following related link:

[Title: "Seniors Are More #Conservative Because the #Poor Don't Survive to Become #Seniors, By Ed Kilgore"]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/poor-people-often-dont-survive-to-become-seniors-who-vote.html
(5/5)

Nov 22, 2022, 01:11 PM

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Ultimately fascism cannot stand.

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Ultimately fascism cannot stand.

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Fascism can truly harm us while it's in power, and it can lengthen its time in power by destroying history and making us re-learn everything each time, but ultimately it cannot stand.

Feb 10, 2023, 12:35 PM

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There will ALWAYS be people who are ready to fight against fascism and what's more, fascists will almost always be in the minority. Why? It's simple.

#Fascism is the habit and process of marginalizing and subjugating others. It *excludes* by its nature. Its goal IS to exclude (and have power over) most people.

Therefore most people will always *not* be included in it.

While certainly there will be some who are crushed into acceptance, it's an unstable dynamic that cannot ever stand permanently.

You can only crush and abuse a majority of any social grouping for a temporary period before a critical mass of people have nothing left to lose by fighting back.

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So instead of fearing it as some unstoppable or inhuman force, I want us to recognize that it is an ongoing, day-to-day struggle. We want to limit how destructive it gets before it is subdued again.

Every bit you can push back is one less drop of history ceded. I mean every bad restaurant or game you don't fund, every letter you write to your reps, every family member you push back on, every protest you attend. Even one less drop lowers the fascism level.

Every piece of #history we can save, and every supportive organization we can maintain, will reduce the amount of time fascism can stay in power and how much harm it can wreak when it does grab power.

Therefore our two biggest life savers will always be information/story-telling, and connections/alliances.

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No one is safe until all of us are safe.

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No one is safe until all of us are safe.

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Three reminders:

"Handmaid's Tale" has already been here the whole time, it was pointed at racialized women.

Racism is fascism that hasn't yet come for the white people.

The future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed. [@GreatDismal]

Jan 15, 2023, 01:33 PM

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Jan 15, 2023

What I want people to see is that these are three ways of saying the same thing.

Fascism will always attack the most marginalized first, but it won't stop there.

No one is safe in a fascist system. The only way for everyone to be safe, is whatever will safeguard the most marginalized.

This is why it is in "your own self-interest as a dominant-group member to intervene when someone from any marginalized group is targeted.

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Remember, every kind of marginalization is socially constructed, too.

Vulnerability is not a natural artifact. Vulnerability comes from occupying a less-protected social status.

If you're safe today, you might not be tomorrow. If anyone is unsafe, no one is safe.

Jan 15, 2023, 11:07 PM

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A.R. Moxon
@JuliusGoat

Not that it should matter, but Republicans have no intention of stopping with trans people; genociders never do.

Machines built to eat people don't stop until they run out of people.

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I'm afraid to go to bed tonight because I fear when I get up you all won't be on my computer any more!

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