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Baby boomers, as a cohort, benefited from free education, generous welfare and cheap housing, then voted for parties which denied those things to their kids.
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“Would you like your children to have a better life than yourselves?” You Gov asked them. And the reply came back: “Fuck 'em.”
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Baby boomers, as a cohort, benefited from free education, generous welfare and cheap housing, then voted for parties which denied those things to their kids.
What would be interesting to know would be what the actual % of those who benefited from those advantages have gone on to vote against them for subsequent generations.
hugo7
Somewhat inflammatory headline for the charts above:
http://www.newstatesman.com/2017/08/yougov-research-brexit-proves-baby-boomers-hate-their-own-children