Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 17:48:30 GMT
They say you get more right-wing as you get older but i don't believe that; I think it's more the case that young people were never that liberal to begin with. They want to be cool and with the in-crowd and to be seen as having the right beliefs and opinions. They get sucked into it. Plus, of course, they have no real life experiences or responsibilities.
It's like that saying about the devil having all the best tunes. Liberals have all the best tunes too. They're cooler.
But then you grow up and have to pay the mortgage and raise the kids and survive whatever version of cancer you get. Suddenly, you stop giving a shit about being seen to have the right, groovy politics.
Being seen as the rebellious, the contrarian, the outsider, is predominantly a young persons' game. And here's the good news: liberalism has become so normalised in western culture that conservatism is slowly but surely establishing itself as the truly rebellious and anti-status quo movement. Yeah sure, governments are still conservative in nature but to pretend that culture isn't entirely balls deep in the groovy, right-on liberal ideology is total nonsense.
You should punch up, they say.
We are.
It's like that saying about the devil having all the best tunes. Liberals have all the best tunes too. They're cooler.
But then you grow up and have to pay the mortgage and raise the kids and survive whatever version of cancer you get. Suddenly, you stop giving a shit about being seen to have the right, groovy politics.
Being seen as the rebellious, the contrarian, the outsider, is predominantly a young persons' game. And here's the good news: liberalism has become so normalised in western culture that conservatism is slowly but surely establishing itself as the truly rebellious and anti-status quo movement. Yeah sure, governments are still conservative in nature but to pretend that culture isn't entirely balls deep in the groovy, right-on liberal ideology is total nonsense.
You should punch up, they say.
We are.
