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I think the younger folk taking over the democratic party is a good idea. We all turn more conservative when we get older (especially if we now have more "money" to protect) and the democratic party skews on "dotard". Just to be clear though, fuck trump.
The entire idea that “we all turn more conservative with age” is completely flawed and very likely completely made up to try to validate that insane ideology and act like conservatism is a wisdom we might gain with age.
Basically, don’t put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. If you wanna go that way do not try and use others to excuse the poor, ignorant choice.
Personally, I was at my most conservative in the fourth grade. Age has only pushed me to the left bit by bit. It seems the further along I was in my brain's development the less sense conservatism made.
Yup. If you’re the kind to be intelligent then you’ll grow out of it with new information. If you’re the kind to be hateful you’ll grow into it with exposure to weak propaganda you still fall for.
If anything I've grown way more socialist with age. Mostly through life experiences. I've been a construction worker, a construction manager and now a CAD Specialist. And through all that, I've seen the average worker get fucked over countless times, through wage theft, vacation theft, getting fired for standing up for health and safety, getting fired because the manager needed a scapegoat. All just in persuit of endless growth, to buy some CEO a 3rd vacation home in Turkey.
I've seen workers get nickled and dimed and downright cheated, after completing a job in record time, but the companies alway need more profit, no matter the human costs.
I haven't grown more conservative, I've grown angry at the capitalist system, and the only cure is complete ownership by the workers.
Reagan Brain
Good one!