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Wild in the Streets
1968 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Barry Shear
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
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I don't think history shows that the young are harder to corrupt. I'll grant you idealism but might that be a consequence of naivete and inexperience?
At any rate ISTM that "Wild in the Streets" and "Logan's Run" weren't instruction films.
There is a progression in 'richness'. We all start off 'poor' and gradually build up our riches as we go along in life. So we end up 'richer and older'.
Naturally the older group as a whole will be richer than the younger group as a whole.
Note that this happens in every generation. The young Boomers were 'hippies' or were protesting against the oldies back in the 70s *. The Millennials will have younger generations denigrating them that they are 'Too Old and Selfish' in another 30-odd years too.
* "If you're thirty, you're through!" - "Film: Wild in the Streets" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozufGZubYc
Have you seen this movie? :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_in_the_Streets