It might be true that you get more conservative after you e.g. own property, have a lot of money, or a bunch of other things that happened to boomers in their 30s.
Now that those things are far less accessible, people aren’t moving conservative with nearly the same frequency. The fact that boomers did is a symptom of the easier time they had, but there’s nothing intrinsic about aging that should make one more conservative.
I’m more conservative than my teenage self, in that I believe now that people, as a whole, are much shittier than I suspected before. This has failed to translate into voting for conservatives because:
Conservative politicians and voters have played a big part in that realization
Even shitty people still should get medical care and such
Even if you don’t care from a moral perspective, it’s a net good for society if people have housing and healthcare and are able to contribute, rather than being forced out into the streets to die.
Also if we don’t apply things like rights and medical care to everyone, then someone has the power to choose who gets them and who doesn’t. And that’s a complete nonstarter
It might be true that you get more conservative after you e.g. own property, have a lot of money, or a bunch of other things that happened to boomers in their 30s.
Now that those things are far less accessible, people aren’t moving conservative with nearly the same frequency. The fact that boomers did is a symptom of the easier time they had, but there’s nothing intrinsic about aging that should make one more conservative.
I’m more conservative than my teenage self, in that I believe now that people, as a whole, are much shittier than I suspected before. This has failed to translate into voting for conservatives because:
Also if we don’t apply things like rights and medical care to everyone, then someone has the power to choose who gets them and who doesn’t. And that’s a complete nonstarter