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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Support for democracy is lower among the young. People are recklessly attacking the structures and norms that uphold liberal, pluralistic democracy because the alternatives - the alternatives those structures and norms are meant to protect us from - are fading from living memory.
To bring this back to Peterson, one of the reasons he can be wild-eyed and histrionic is he's well-versed in the horrors of the early 20th century, and genuinely believes we may march off enthusiastically down the same path again if we don't recognize the signs of a society turning away from liberal values. |
The older generation is also eroding Democratic structures. Specifically, social mobility. There strangle hold they have to on real estate and capital right now is unprecedented.