White Millenial Men Now Majority Republican

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Kalkano said:
This typically happens as you get older, in general. It's why it's incorrect to think that "republicans are old people, and will go away, leaving a vast majority of liberals".

With age comes wisdom.

People become resistant to change as they get older and so progressive ideas of the past become the conservative platform of the future. I was actually a conservative as a teen/young man and now consider myself to be a left-libertarian. 

I already had a distrust of government as a young conservative - it was as I grew older that I began to see that corporations have bought out the political process and much of the disfunction of modern government actually stems from big business (largely acting through the Republican party). 

It's my hope that as a society we'll all take a step back from the two party system and realize that we're all being preyed upon by small billionaire class that's been allowed to grow ever wealthier as the working classes keep less of the products of their labor, despite being more productive than ever.

We're conditioned to fear wealth-redistribution when it means that money gets redirected to the bottom. In reality, we are all unknowing witnesses to a system that is rigged to drain increasing amounts away from the masses and redistribute it to the top. 

The healthiest economies in human history have had the most money in the hands of the poorest folks, as those classes spend 100%+ of their earnings by necessity, while those in the upper classes hoard their wealth, as there is only so much any one individual can/will spend, no matter how indulgent. 

Money in the hands of the poor means more demand for Nikes, iPhones, Takeout, Movies, Music, Cars, etc. which drives the economy and creates a boom for businesses. Tax breaks for the wealthiest means more money to those who spend a smaller percentage of their income annually - meaning stagnation rather than growth.