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[–] 14 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

Generations do have voting habits though

What you mean to say is simply that environment influences behavior. "Generations" are just arbitrary buckets that reinforce stereotypes and create division. A young gen x person likely has a lot more in common with an old millennial than an old gen x person.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/generation-labels-mean-nothing-retire-them/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/its-time-to-stop-talking-about-generations

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/22/how-pew-research-center-will-report-on-generations-moving-forward/

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Yeah it ticks me off when people get pedantic about generations. It's like y'all know they're just a marketing thing, right? So marketing firms can act like they know whatever generation they're talking about. It's not some official thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Please don't say what I meant to say. If I am incorrect i am is all. I think generations have a valid similarity because of the world at the time.

    Mean didn't say the exact generations as said by books but people who grow up in a similar political and economic environment probably are impacted by that situation and that sort of happens, Which is more what I meant.

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