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nebula8804
on Feb 2, 2023
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Do we live in a society without a counterculture?
But that makes no sense. Didn't Reagan win due to an outpouring of support from the Boomers who at the time were those young people?
linksnapzz
on Feb 2, 2023
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Hahahahah. No. He won b/c he annoyed those people, to the delight of their parents.
nebula8804
on Feb 5, 2023
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Looking at the demographic breakdown it certainly seems like he got most of the boomers(and their parents). The boomers were in their 20-30s at the time.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_coalition
linksnapzz
on Feb 6, 2023
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He was governor of California at the time; twelve odd years later I suppose many of his critics had grown up…
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