▲ 171 ▼ Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/europe@feddit.org 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments Class, education and gender found to influence difference in views but anxiety about finances was a common theme
[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hard to care about war and climate if you can't afford rent. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) The problems we care about tend to be those that are most immediate to our survival and security. Housing, food, and financial security are all real problems the majority face, especially young people. Caring about things like climate change or authoritarianism, especially foreign, are a luxury if you don't know when you'll be able to eat next, or have nowhere to sleep. Culture wars are a manufactured problem that don't even exist, except for the problems the culture warriors themselves create. permalink fedilink source parent [–] troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago The article doesn’t say that they don’t care about wars and climate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) The problems we care about tend to be those that are most immediate to our survival and security. Housing, food, and financial security are all real problems the majority face, especially young people. Caring about things like climate change or authoritarianism, especially foreign, are a luxury if you don't know when you'll be able to eat next, or have nowhere to sleep. Culture wars are a manufactured problem that don't even exist, except for the problems the culture warriors themselves create. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago The article doesn’t say that they don’t care about wars and climate. permalink fedilink source parent