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RE: Pushing the conversation forward

in #philosophy5 years ago

Whether people in the US like it or not, there's a "regime shift" happening. It's very subtle, and has nothing to do with Donald Trump.

It has to do with the "gray hairs" losing their grip on the reins and the US joining much of the rest of the world in the sense that the people in government will no longer be 20 years older than the median age of the population, but close to the median age.

Whether you fall on the left or the right, there's a mindset change there... away from people who have already lived most of their life to people who still have a lot of skin in the game.

The generational shift also involves the first set of "Internet Natives" coming into power... and this brings us back around to people like Andrew Yang, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tulsi Gabbard and others like them coming to center stage, rather than being bit players who get shooed aside by an older "establishment" on both sides of the aisle.

There's also a new generation of "older" voters (my generation, 50-somethings) who are more concerned about what sort of world we are creating for our grandchildren — 30-40 years down the road — than about our own 80's style ostentatiousness and wealth accumulation.

I watch a lot of people older than me; late 60's, early 70's... who are still pointing to "government numbers" showing that there are more jobs than ever and more jobs predicted... while remaining oblivious to the fact that they are making their measurements with a yardstick that no longer applies.

I'm going to listen to the interview when I actually have the time... but I generally like how Joe Rogan tackles conversations like these.

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