I don’t know if it’s true that most people get more conservative as they get older, but in my case, I’m very much more left-leaning than I was earlier in my life. For those who get more conservative, I think it’s probably because they’ve shut down their ability to feel things deeply.
@Green_Footballs I’ve grown ideologically more radical. But I’ve got kids so there’s bigger consequences if I throw Molotov cocktails at coal trains now.
@Green_Footballs i had a messed.up childhood and lost a lot due to the walls i had to put up to protect myself.
People think theyre doing themselves a favor by becoming more detached and distant, but... It is precisely the opposite
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The "conservative when you get older" bromide is from the 50s, referring to the 30s. People who sincerely supported Communism had re-thought it. It isn't universal.
There's an element of truth to saying that people may be more pragmatic and less idealistic when they get older. Youthful, unrealistic radicalism can be "Left" or "Right" however.
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