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  • John B-M is always good, isn't he.

    For me this has to be a story about home ownership / generational wealth distribution. Owning your own place and "enjoying" a few years of house price inflation turns you into a Tory. Has informed all of the blue team's housing policies since Thatcher.

  • Is that necessarily the case though? It's always a movement relative to the mean - so if society gets more progressive due to young people having those views, the effect (relative shift to the right as age increases) would be visible even if views just didn't change....

  • I’d put corporate structures in there too. A lot of people work in those organisations that are right wing AF. They use marketing to appear inclusive or progressive, but those structures are anything but left wing.
    A lot of people find themselves in this environment in their 30s and they foster a more right-wing mindset. I know I was swayed to an extent when I was chasing corporate bonuses.
    I think it goes hand in hand with homeownership.

  • For me this has to be a story about home ownership / generational wealth distribution. Owning your own place and "enjoying" a few years of house price inflation turns you into a Tory. Has informed all of the blue team's housing policies since Thatcher.

    except that doesn’t seem to be working any more.

  • I think he is missing concern for the environment as a potential factor.

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