Young Australians are not embracing conservative politics as they age like previous generations did, prompting Liberal MPs to urge the party to transform.
And I think the responses in this article demonstrates that they still don’t actually understand the problem here. They think if they just create economic policies that specifically target us, we will vote for them like previous generations did. But to my earlier point, I think our generation (and future ones) are increasingly concerned with how economic policies affect everyone. It’s not enough to just help me buy a house or lower my student debt. I don’t want to see future generations face the same problems, or worse, that my generation has and I think this is a sentiment shared by many younger people today. The social connections we have made through the internet and looming global existential threats like climate change have created a generational consciousness that is wider in scope and more concerned with tomorrow than those that came before it.
And I think the responses in this article demonstrates that they still don’t actually understand the problem here. They think if they just create economic policies that specifically target us, we will vote for them like previous generations did. But to my earlier point, I think our generation (and future ones) are increasingly concerned with how economic policies affect everyone. It’s not enough to just help me buy a house or lower my student debt. I don’t want to see future generations face the same problems, or worse, that my generation has and I think this is a sentiment shared by many younger people today. The social connections we have made through the internet and looming global existential threats like climate change have created a generational consciousness that is wider in scope and more concerned with tomorrow than those that came before it.