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Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab.

47% said the Supreme Court was responsible.
38% said the Republicans were responsible.
10% said Biden was responsible.
5% said Democrats were responsible.

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[–] some_guy@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As opposed to blaming somebody who has nothing to do with it?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Darn those zoomers always blaming the correct people!

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, Americans of all ages frequently blame the incorrect people, so this is a pleasant surprise.

I was expecting to see a lot of "Biden promised debt relief but WHERE IS IT?!?"

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

True, and most of those people are Gen X (my age) or boomers (even older)

It's definitely a good trend in the right direction, and hopefully it rubs off on the rest of us before it's too late

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

These millennials and zoomers are really destroying the false narrative industry!

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

In this timeline somehow heavily conservative states grow the more they attack progressive platforms and not just with conservatives but with very liberal people too. So anything could happen, there's a gay Republican organization and they support a party that wants to kill them. Nothing makes sense.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I mean, 5% said Democrats and 10% said Biden were responsible.

I wonder if there were coherent arguments for that position, other than either the "they are at fault for everything!" arguments, or "they didn't push HARD enough!"

[–] yunggwailo@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Well thats what Cons do

[–] while1malloc0@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago

Ah, so they’re blaming the people responsible then? Good good, carry on.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

young americans notice water is indeed, wet

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But water is not in and of itself wet.

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes it is. "Wet" means being covered in water. Water is covered in water unless you have a singular free-floating H2O molecule, which you don't. This was a bullshit argument from the very beginning and your pedantry is not doing anyone any favors in a political discussion, least of all yourself.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was a reference to a funny old viral video. Calm down mate.

[–] ExecutiveStapler@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

^^^^^^^Coping and seething because he lost the argument 🙄

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Lol not much of an argument was had.

[–] donuts@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I mean, who else would you blame?