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Comment by SoftTalker

9 days ago

People's political opinions definitely change, especially with age and wealth.

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.

  • I guess it depends. 40 years later, I vote completely opposite to what I did when I was 18-20 years old.

    • 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.

    • Just curious: in which direction on the political spectrum have your preferences moved?

  • Younger people with student loans, credit card balances, and good health might eventually become older people with retirement savings, investments, and poor health.