I have grown more progressive in my 30’s and 40’s, but looking around me, I feel like I have no choice but to acknowledge that, at least here in the US, conservatism has won for at least the next generation.
The strategy of buying up both ruling parties worked exceedingly well for the 1%.
I have become more conservative over the years…
Ferment the rich!
I saw a video of some dude fermenting mountain dew, and he said the end result was surprisingly good. If fermentation can make mountain dew drinkable, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had the same effect on the blood of the rich.
44 here. Fuck Billionaires. Give equal rights to ALL people. Kill Citizen United. Also, fuck cops. They are all bad unless they see some unjust and does something about it.
I hope I’ll never become like my bigot father
Im actually more conservative as im approaching my 30s.
I used to have this overly inclusive bleeding heart “everyone is equal” kind of attitude which I now see isnt really true. When you actually get past the narrative and look at the reality and statistics, its undeniable that certain “types” of people are just more pre-disposed to violence and thuggery than most normal people. Like you might not like what im saying, but you cant disagree with the actual data that shows how much more naturally violent those low-lifes are. So thats why now im not ashamed to be vocally prejudiced against cops.
Got me in the first half, not gonna lie
First 95%
I agree that we shouldn’t treat everyone equally. Some people need special care, and denying that is being an asshole.
I’m 45, and the older I get the more socialist I am.
I’m in this picture, and i like it.
The version I always heard when I was young was, “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no brain.”
Here I am in my mid 40s, and I’m pretty sure the conservatives are the ones with no brains.
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I think we are those people… Aren’t we?
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Sorry I have nothing for y’all to take…it’s sucks
I was thinking this as wel, we have an entire generation that is poorer than the previous one, something that you basically never see in history.
Also it seems that politics has gone utterly insane. At some point I feel left vs right was about money. Should we help the poor and take more from the rich or should we lower taxes etc.
Now it’s about wokeness, crazy conspiracies, actually supporting Russia (like wtf happened there), etc.
Arguably, conservatives used to have more brain than today. But maybe they just had slightly more decorum.
It might be true that you get more conservative after you e.g. own property, have a lot of money, or a bunch of other things that happened to boomers in their 30s.
Now that those things are far less accessible, people aren’t moving conservative with nearly the same frequency. The fact that boomers did is a symptom of the easier time they had, but there’s nothing intrinsic about aging that should make one more conservative.
I’m more conservative than my teenage self, in that I believe now that people, as a whole, are much shittier than I suspected before. This has failed to translate into voting for conservatives because:
- Conservative politicians and voters have played a big part in that realization
- Even shitty people still should get medical care and such
- Even if you don’t care from a moral perspective, it’s a net good for society if people have housing and healthcare and are able to contribute, rather than being forced out into the streets to die.
Also if we don’t apply things like rights and medical care to everyone, then someone has the power to choose who gets them and who doesn’t. And that’s a complete nonstarter
Nah, I bought a house 3 years ago. I still hate how inaccessible the housing market is, how shitty conservatives are towards other people and how much they deny science. Owning property doesn’t magically make one conservative. Fuck conservatives, fuck the rich.
One of my few lucky moments was buy a home in the mid 2010’s. I feel so bad for people now, but rather than some ridiculous “let’s pull up the ladder” mentality that Boomers and most older Gen X seem to have, I try to vote for politicians who want to return us to a sensible housing market.
In no way should banks and their LLC shadow corps be allowed to own hundreds of thousands of residential houses.
It was probably easier to become conservative with age when conservative politicians weren’t so blatantly evil. They had their moments, but they sure as hell didn’t stage a literal insurrection when they lost an election.
I would argue conservatism is mostly driven by fear. I would also argue older people tend to be more fearful since they have more to lose than most.
Anecdotally this hasn’t been true for me. I spent my 20s barely getting by. In my 30s and early 40s I’ve had a series of lucky breaks that have enabled me to move into a much higher paying job resulting in luxuries like home ownership, retirement money etc. and if anything I’ve become more liberal.
I also don’t have or want children so maybe that factors in?
Liberals are right wing outside of USA. And in some places in some time conservatives are left. Conservative and liberal is like warm amd soft - they are not opposites. Opposite of conservative are reformists and revolutioners.
Ok, call it whatever you want, I’m not really into labels. For context I believe in universal basic income, socialized healthcare, prison as a tool for rehabilitation instead of punishment, strong government regulations for corporations, high speed Internet access as a state run utility, and a bunch of other stuff that I don’t feel like listing out.
PSA: the second amendment protects molotov cocktails.
That’s why so many americans want gas station in walking distance!
Maybe in the future it is short-circuited car batteries.
I’m actually more conservative in my 30s, as in conserving the very limited energy i have and not arguing with idiots and use that on those who worth it.
Ahh. Conservation of Energy. I’d like to see the modern party of “law and order” refute the foundational laws of physics!
Please no gravity deniers 💀
It’s just a theory.
I dunno, man. Gravity denial seems like a self-correcting problem, so maybe we’d be better off if there were more of them.
If we actually got the ability to eat the rich, I would be okay with eating meat again.
As I have gotten older I have become more angry and cynical. But I’m very much more anti-conservative now than I was before, which in the US would be more left leaning, but honestly I never thought of myself as that, I just thought that I was being rational.
But being rational these days is literally being anti-conservative, because of how conservatives are banning books, attacking LGBTQ+ people for just wanting to be themselves, denying global warming even exists, and yes, letting the rich get richer by being corrupt and cutting taxes for them.
Though I also have some views that might make someone very left leaning think I’m against them (for example I do believe that some words shouldn’t be viewed as bad when not meant as personal attack against disabled people, like retard or fat or obese; and I also think people are allowed to choose their pronouns and in most cases I will respect it, but some people are just doing it for shits and giggles, not seriously actually considering themselves as what they choose). It’s easy to think someone who disagrees with those views as I do that they might be conservative, but I am far, far from it.
I am the same way. Making a decent income and having kids has made me nothing if not more liberal. At this point, the Republican Party has absolutely nothing to offer my life that would in any way improve it.
As a GWoT, twice deployed veteran, the GOP runs a draft dodging coward who mocks Gold Star families and POWs.
As a father, the GOP is trying to dismantle schools and higher education as well as make like worse for all future generations.
As a taxpayer, the GOP has increased my taxes so that wealthy people can have a nice tax break. They have also cut social services and things that make my life better on a day to day basis like roads.
They do nothing but make life worse. No idea how anyone can support the GOP without making 10m a year, as those are the only people whose interests are actively represented.
The only morons who go that way think they’re next to make 10 million a year.
The longer I live, the more injustice I see
Me at 20 “I think we can improve things a bit by making some adjustments”
me at 30, much more privileged in general “Ok so I think we should probably start by offering everyone with an investment property execution or voluntary collectivisation of everything they own”
