Demographic resentment as political fuel

Younger cohorts' concentrated leftward preferences, amplified by high turnout and targeted proposals (wealth confiscation, expanded welfare), are turning age into an axis of political conflict. That cleavage can produce enduring policy shifts (taxes, housing, pension reform) and erode intergenerational trust if framed as intergenerational predation rather than solvable redistribution. — If age becomes a durable political cleavage, policy debates about redistribution, housing, and entitlement reform will be recast as generational contests, increasing instability and making compromise harder.