I said almost this exact same thing to my dad, a 72-year-old man with a political science degree, and I saw genuine surprise wash across his face before he said to me, “huh. That’s a good point.” We just sat there with it for a minute.
He’s generally a pretty thoughtful guy but something about that generation doesn’t lend itself to independent reasoning especially if that contradicts conventional wisdom or popular ideology.
I said almost this exact same thing to my dad, a 72-year-old man with a political science degree, and I saw genuine surprise wash across his face before he said to me, “huh. That’s a good point.” We just sat there with it for a minute.
He’s generally a pretty thoughtful guy but something about that generation doesn’t lend itself to independent reasoning especially if that contradicts conventional wisdom or popular ideology.