@jeffowski People don't get more conservative as they age, they get more conservative as they become wealthier.
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@jeffowski People don't get more conservative as they age, they get more conservative as they become wealthier. 3 comments
@LordCaramac @jeffowski sort of, except it's not about individual people's views changing, it's that poor people die younger so rich conservatives are more likely to get to live to be old @LordCaramac @jeffowski I grew up somewhat poor, I am comfortably middle class now, and I think the rich should be tried for crimes against humanity. |
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Mmm... Not always. I'm way, way more liberal than I was as a penniless young adult.
Part of that is because society in general has become more liberal during my lifetime, and part is because I fell in with good people. If I'd been groomed by right-wingers when I was young and ignorant, the consequences don't bear thinking about.
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