Some people, as they age, learn to accept the world's injustice. Others just learn to fight harder. : memes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you can't win, you have to resist.

I don't think getting older necessarily mean you become conservative. I reckon many people conflate with looking for stability with capital "c" Conservatism. I certainly understand now what one means by looking to settle down. But it would not make me fiscal conservative; become a pro-lifer; religious; or traditional.

[–] GopherOwl 2 points 1 year ago

It made me fiscally conservative in the sense of "maybe I should save this for little GopherOwl Jr's college fund not blow it at a nightclub." It didn't make me fiscally conservative as in "I don't care if they starve to death, cut my taxes!!!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lol I was more conservative as a teenager than I am now.

[+] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I happily went the other way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I love how this is a molotov cocktail haha

[+] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does this even mean?

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's doesn't necessarily mean the pendulum goes all the way, and it's not just about politics. For example, do find some things like music or games younger kids play now dumb or worse than your own childhood experiences, well then boom, you're a little bit conservative now. The cycle repeats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think that about kids music or games

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[+] OldPain -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was somewhat left leaning in my early-to-mid 20s. Grew up conservative, had a phase, but realized that those were some of my worst years for me by my 30s, and quite naturally became more conservative again.

Edit: I'm doing better and people don't like it. Nice work from the left.

[+] [email protected] -27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Well, it’s true that you get more conservative as you “grow up”. The problem is that the last few generations of kids are simply refusing to grow up, in the traditional sense. They aren’t starting businesses and buying homes and rental properties, they’re not getting married and having children of their own.

For some reason instead they just decided to take out big student loans and then stay at their parents house and play video games and TikTok. If they would just grow up and start a successful business then of course they would get more conservative, but they just want everything for free.

[–] Syrc 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They aren’t starting businesses and buying homes and rental properties, they’re not getting married and having children of their own.

Yeah, you’re right, these are all choices. People with a 1000$ salary that share a rented apartment in a suburb 30 minutes from their workplace should just decide to buy rental properties, why aren’t they doing that man

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Exactly!

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