| ▲ | SoftTalker a day ago |
| People's political opinions definitely change, especially with age and wealth. |
|
| ▲ | cosmic_cheese a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| They do change to some degree, but I believe that age and wealth are not nearly as strong of factors as popular culture might have one think. |
| |
| ▲ | SoftTalker 21 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I guess it depends. 40 years later, I vote completely opposite to what I did when I was 18-20 years old. | | |
| ▲ | tomrod 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That sort of breaks out as to personal values versus Overton window. It has been an extreme shift towards authoritarianism in the US -- to the point where case after case of folks with moral courage call it out despite where they stood even 10 years ago. | |
| ▲ | eszed 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Just curious: in which direction on the political spectrum have your preferences moved? |
| |
| ▲ | musicale 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Younger people with student loans, credit card balances, and good health might eventually become older people with retirement savings, investments, and poor health. |
|
|
| ▲ | croes 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The biggest change happens if your mental horizon widens. |
