Originally Posted by
Sgt. Pepper
Indeed.
When we are young, we tend to want to make a better world. Sometimes idealistically, and look for avenues that seem to support that.
When we get older, many of us (not all) tend to want to protect what we have, or batten down the hatches and look for solutions that seem to support that.
I recall that the stats indicated that a high proportion of those who voted for Brexit were older.
Perhaps many Brexiteers will not be around to see very much of it, nor how the choice they made actually pans out for the generations that will live through it.