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

I was slightly conservative when I was young. Now I don't know what political orientation I have

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I think they misunderstood what was happening cause they were getting wealthier as they got older.

Honestly, you just become more protective of your stuff and things you consider yours as you get older.

There are plenty of nerds that are super conservative about their fandoms and what is allowed to happen with them and same for all kinds of niches but the idea we would get more conservative with money really assumed we would accumulate more of it and assets. But what people do have is their apps and thoughts and those... Those people will be just as conservative as the boomers are about their money as they get older.

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

I was politically ambivalent as a young voter.

Now, I'm pretty much convinced the rich people (and the parties that represent them) are just out there to screw everyone else over. And every single year just adds more evidence to the pile.

I don't think there is any conceivable scenario in which anyone can convince me that free market will magically fix all problems. It's nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yep, hence why Communism is necessary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

really If anything i have become more communist as i have aged, when the daydreams of becoming a millionaire or whatever fade away all thats left is the reality of life as the 99% and it kinda sucks, also the older i grow the more i learn about history, about the world, just about everything really and the more i realize how fucked up capitalism is and how much i was lied to thru out my life. Putting that aside tho, people generally do become more reactionary as they age for the simple fact that what was revolutionary in our youth becomes standard and then reactionary over time while many people dont change their views much.

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

Eventually, it will overflow and you will become fascist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I know that conflating Liberals and Conservatives is practically lemmys official pass time, but I have to point out they are not the same.

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