Grandparents Are More Conservative Than The Younger Generation Essay

In the 19th century, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli stated, “A man who is not a liberal at 16 has no heart; a man who is not a conservative at 60 has no head.”. Ordinarily, we always regarded grandparents as ideologically more conservative than the younger generation, especially since the birth of the millennial generation (1981-1997). It’s not a new phenomenon. This happened all around the world, especially stronger in developed countries. Each of us may have our own opinion about this ideological evolution. But, is this kind of stereotype true and existed? Well, let’s put this question on a clear perspective, factually and realistically. From a psychological perspective, this could be true. Based on literally hundreds of psychological statistics, there are three main reasons why grandparents are ideologically more conservative than the younger generation. Firstly, grandparents have a lower level of intellectual curiosity and openness to experience. Secondly, grandparents are slower to process information, so they rely more on their experience and abilities. Lastly, grandparents liked familiarity and predictability more than the younger generation. So, they wanted to keep society as they knew it, and not to change it.

Raise your hand if you know him! His name is Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, famously known as Tony Benn. Born in 1925 from a British Establishment family, his father was Viscount Stansgate. But, instead becoming a conservative, he embraced British Socialism. The Levellers, Keir Hardie, and Karl Marx inspired him. Then, in 1950, he joined the Labour Party accordingly, and becoming more radical ever since. As he grew with age, he became more radical, instead of conservative. In 6 decades of his political career, this radicalism was best expressed in his speech, when The House of Commons was voting on a crucial motion about Iraq War. Let’s watch it