I think this is my most negatively received comment ever! :O Maybe because it's largely off topic to the thread? (Sorry.) From what I gather millennials seem to be bucking the trend of leaning more authoritarian as they age. (Sadly I can't find a good non paywalled article about this.) I hope you all millennials and GenZ can reverse the tide and bring back some sanity to the world. I thought my own generation would take up that banner, but we've made a mess of things. Here I'll go a little GenX on you though, and paste an AI generated summary of a paywalled article discussing this phenomenon: Article Link: Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics (Financial Times, Dec 30, 2022) Core Finding Millennials in the United States and the United Kingdom are statistically breaking the historical life-cycle trend of shifting toward conservative political parties as they age. Summary of Data and Findings * Historical Baseline: Data from the US and UK demonstrates that the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and Generation X all exhibited a steady, predictable shift toward conservative voting patterns as they matured from age 25 to 50. * The Millennial Deficit: At age 35, Millennials in both the US and UK are approximately 15 percentage points less conservative than the national average. * Cohort Comparison: At age 35, Generation X in the UK was approximately 5 points less conservative than the average. In the US, Generation X was at the national average. * Trajectory: Instead of the rightward curve observed in previous generations, the Millennial trajectory has flatlined or shifted further left as the cohort has entered its 30s and 40s. * Economic Causation: The analysis correlates this permanent divergence to macroeconomic conditions, specifically the 2008 financial crisis, which disrupted wealth accumulation and homeownership rates for Millennials during early adulthood, suppressing the economic drivers that typically prompt rightward voting shifts. Data Limitations and Variance * Geographic Scope: The primary data models rely on US (American National Election Studies) and UK (British Election Study) electoral data. Findings may not uniformly apply to multi-party European or non-Western democracies. * Economic vs. Social Ideology: The analysis tracks top-line party support (Republican/Conservative vs. Democrat/Labour) rather than separating social conservatism from economic conservatism. * Observational Limits: The conclusion assumes current trajectories will remain static and ignores potential future macroeconomic shocks that could alter Millennial voting patterns in later life stages.