I don't think this is anything particularly new. There's a pretty old saying (that is constantly mis-attributed[1]): > If you're not a liberal when you're 25,

I don't think this is anything particularly new. There's a pretty old saying (that is constantly mis-attributed[1]): > If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain. Within a capitalist society, young people on the whole have less, but have to work for everything. After a decade or two working to earn stuff, you feel like other people should do that too. You can chase the reasons why down a million psychological rabbit holes. That said, there's no reason why this would not be more true now than it ever has been before. Adjusting for inflation, we're paid the same as our parents but houses and rent is 10× what it was for them. (At least in the UK) the post-war decade-long housing boom flooded the market with cheap but good stock. Councils used to build for their own social care, and these eventually went on the market too. Now we only get mega-developers holding land until they get approval for high-density crappy houses. That's a very distinct shift from socialised building projects to capitalist building. And it's skewed our entire economy, and really hobbles anybody on a lower income without a house to inherit. [1]: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/24/heart-head/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/24/heart-head/