[ethbr1]

> ...but when I look at voting patterns in particular, I find myself pessimistic that the elderly are wiser than average.

Wisdom like 'It's harder to build something than it is to tear it down' and 'Change carries its own risk.'

The irony is that older people overwhelming voted for Trump on the basis of returning things to the way they were... and then Trump staffed his administration with young ideologues who are determined to upset the traditional order.

Midterms will be curious.

[TeMPOraL]

People group together uncorrelated concerns way too much in politics. I guess it's necessary side effect of the "us vs. them" mind virus.

> The irony is that older people overwhelming voted for Trump on the basis of returning things to the way they were... and then Trump staffed his administration with young ideologues who are determined to upset the traditional order.

There isn't any irony there. People heard promises of some X and Y and Z returning to the way things were, they voted accordingly, and then their candidate proceeded to go against them on A, B and C. This is only surprising if you believe there's a strong ideological correlation between all these things (there isn't), and that parties and their leaders act according to their purported ideologies (they don't).

[ethbr1]

It's not {X,Y,Z} vs {A,B,C}.

It's {X,Y,Z} vs {X,Y,C}.

That portions of the investment community threw in behind Trump and are now shocked (shocked!) that he has bigger priorities than keeping the market pumped is absolutely ironic.