The entire western world is anti-progress and pro-incumbency, and its very tightly linked to gerontocracy.

Older people are desperately trying to keep a grasp on their current power and lifestyles at the expense of younger people and technology.

We need to ban Waymos because taxi drivers need to be protected.

We need to block housing because it would lower my property values, and eliminate property taxes while we're at it! I don't use the local schools so why should I be taxed to pay for it.

We need to spend recklessly to pay my pension and have the next generation foot the bill.

Its just a repulsive ideology.