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Agreed. When I was in my 20's I was extremely far left, but now I'm mostly conservative. And I'm only 34 - just shy of being a millennial.

kuroguro 8y ago
What made you change your mind? (lefty in mid 20s)
- nervousvarun 8y ago
  Not OP but in a similar "boat"...largely paying for stuff (bills/mortgages/kids) and also taxes. Specifically on a 1099 basis (U.S.). Not my quote but the smartest thing the U.S. government ever did was take out your taxes with each paycheck. Still socially liberal (I mean who in 2018 actually isn't?) but definitely far more financially conservative than I used to be.
  - happytoexplain 8y ago
    Still socially liberal (I mean who in 2018 actually isn't?) Is this sarcasm? I'm not trying to be curt, but obviously lots of people are not socially liberal.
Legogris 8y ago
Counter-example here - used to be more of a libertarian but have shifted my perspective from the view of the individual as an atomic unit. I don't think there's an obvious generalization to make. My 5c would be that (as another commented pointed out) in general people who start off as ideologists (in whatever direction) will lean more towards pragmatism later in life, while others will become exposed to ideas and environments that will radicalize them.
throwaway2016a 8y ago
If you're 34 by most (all?) date ranges I've seen you ARE a millennial. The most common range I've seen is anyone who turned 18 on or after 2000. I'm also an older millennial (33 born in 1985) and I feel like I share almost nothing in common with the younger millennials but unfortunately I've accepted that is the group I'm in. I had the opposite experience as you though. I started off really conservative like my parents and moved further left as I aged and experience a more diverse group of people. Though I consider myself firmly a Libertarian I am left of the center on almost all social issues. And a lot of the people I know are the same. Left on social issues but right on economic issues. I can't see myself ever going so far left as to be in socialist territory though. Edit: fixed a minor typo.

kuroguro 8y ago

What made you change your mind? (lefty in mid 20s)

nervousvarun 8y ago
Not OP but in a similar "boat"...largely paying for stuff (bills/mortgages/kids) and also taxes. Specifically on a 1099 basis (U.S.). Not my quote but the smartest thing the U.S. government ever did was take out your taxes with each paycheck. Still socially liberal (I mean who in 2018 actually isn't?) but definitely far more financially conservative than I used to be.
- happytoexplain 8y ago
  Still socially liberal (I mean who in 2018 actually isn't?) Is this sarcasm? I'm not trying to be curt, but obviously lots of people are not socially liberal.

Legogris 8y ago

Counter-example here - used to be more of a libertarian but have shifted my perspective from the view of the individual as an atomic unit. I don't think there's an obvious generalization to make. My 5c would be that (as another commented pointed out) in general people who start off as ideologists (in whatever direction) will lean more towards pragmatism later in life, while others will become exposed to ideas and environments that will radicalize them.

throwaway2016a 8y ago

If you're 34 by most (all?) date ranges I've seen you ARE a millennial. The most common range I've seen is anyone who turned 18 on or after 2000. I'm also an older millennial (33 born in 1985) and I feel like I share almost nothing in common with the younger millennials but unfortunately I've accepted that is the group I'm in. I had the opposite experience as you though. I started off really conservative like my parents and moved further left as I aged and experience a more diverse group of people. Though I consider myself firmly a Libertarian I am left of the center on almost all social issues. And a lot of the people I know are the same. Left on social issues but right on economic issues. I can't see myself ever going so far left as to be in socialist territory though. Edit: fixed a minor typo.