You see this sort of thing all the time in US politics: trying to mess with the gears of the system to benefit your cohort, knowing that (a) doing stuff tends to be easier than undoing stuff, & (b) everyone else is going to do the same, might as well hope they're less clever
Lack of wisdom is one problem — another, potentially, is a shift toward greater "generation warfare," in which the young are perpetually trying to lock their particular birth-band into some semblance of long-run safety before their votes become the equivalent of monopoly money
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Up against, at least, two forces from each extreme. Human prefrontal cortex is not fully developed until ~25-30yrs https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/adult-brain … As we continue to age, if not careful (even then not 100% effective) cognitive biases can entrench themselves deep!https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-cognitive-bias-2794963 …
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