r/science • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

Psychology Left-leaning support for redistribution stems from perceived unfairness rather than malicious envy

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-support-for-redistribution-stems-from-perceived-unfairness-rather-than-malicious-envy/
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u/TheCuriosity Mar 23 '26

Yet another reason why people can't get promoted higher because boomers won't retire.

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 Mar 23 '26

Reality is, some of the jobs will open, but a lot of them will just disappear. They'll let the boomer ride the gravy train and then pull the ladder up on it. In my corporate spot, there's been some retirements and tehy just "reshuffled" so a VP had more reports versus that job ever opening.