Does an eighty-five year old know more about the current job market than a twenty-three year old? Does an affluent, white male 56-year-old, home owner understand student debt and living expenses better than a 30-year-old with kids?

Do older people tend to become risk-adverse and set in their ways, while younger generations expose themselves to uncomfortable, new experiences?

What if something like Cold War propaganda conditions a generation to detest social benefits, yet young people who aren't exposed to the rhetoric support health care, affordable housing, retirement payments, and free education?