3b — New Right explanations of age inequality Flashcards
piers morgan
The Underclass and the snowflakes
Dennis and Erdos: decline in values in younger generation
Young people earn less because they are SNOWFLAKES: self-centred, unresilient, oversensitive
Young ppl refuse to take jobs in industries they disapprove of, or difficult jobs. E.g. not being a farmer bc physical exercise/vegan. No backbone
Unemployment + low wages in youth = individual failings within new “woke” youth
murray and herrnstein and age
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Some have biological 🧬 predisposition to aggressiveness, impulsiveness, and violence
—> increased likelihood of crime if not curbed by sufficient socialisation (nuclear family w strict father)
cognitive elite with high IQ more intelligent, better jobs, better at raising children
Low IQ linked with poverty, crime, family issues, welfare dependency
as cognitive elite and underclass intermarry and stick together they are further divided. each new younger generation is more stupid and more poor.
