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Originally Posted by Adder
I think the breakdown is generational. If you're old enough to remember the Cold War, "socialism" is basically communism & obviously bad. These kids don't have that baggage & learned how great socialism is in college.
Of course, both groups are wrong.
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The kids also aren't as invested in the civil rights or feminist movements as the older generation, and while they've seen more immediacy and rapid change in gay rights, folks like Barney Frank don't necessarily reverberate for them.
There is something good about that - they want to take the hard-fought victories for granted and push on sometimes - but there are also all the dangers inherent in forgetting the past, and losing what was won by not valuing it enough.
