The other part is we were grounded in principles. We understood the WHY of the Declaration and the BoR.
Much of this is the result of 2+ generations of crappy public education.
Civics became social studies... Jefferson is just a slave owner who impregnated his female slave... the American Revolution was about slavery... yadda yadda.
Judeo-Christian values have been usurped.
So, yes... the older you are more you've seen... but also the more likely you're grounded in real libertarian (small L) values and not collectivism.
Partly.
The other part is we were grounded in principles. We understood the WHY of the Declaration and the BoR.
Much of this is the result of 2+ generations of crappy public education.
Civics became social studies... Jefferson is just a slave owner who impregnated his female slave... the American Revolution was about slavery... yadda yadda.
Judeo-Christian values have been usurped.
So, yes... the older you are more you've seen... but also the more likely you're grounded in real libertarian (small L) values and not collectivism.