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I think you become more socially conservative to a degree, but at 42 I'm as 'left-wing' (read Socially Democratic) as I ever was.
Ultimately, it's a choice. There's a Stewart Lee sketch, which I've been unable to find on Youtube, where he says that when he didn't have any money he was happy to have people pay their fair share in tax, but now he's earning a decent amount he feels that he should be able to keep everything he earns, because, "it's all mine." He's basically laying into the sort of people you're working with.
Or put it this way: you don't get more right-wing as you get older, you get more selfish.Also, Liberalism isn't inherently a left-wing thing by any means. Conservatives are economically liberal, if not socially.
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Conservatives are economically liberal
- Some, not all
- Arguably, those who are economically "liberal" are not conservatives in the sense of the word that was meant when the name was applied to the Conservative party. The Tory party has mostly not been conservative since Thatcher.
- The meaning of the word "liberal" changes a little or a lot depending on the context you apply it to
- Some, not all
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This is the one, great sketch
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I am the youngest person in the office where I work, and pretty much the only person with left leanings. I am told again and again that you get more conservative when you get older - does this hold true in practice? Are all the free love/hippies from the 70s now voting UKIP? Seems to be my father's course.
People say "when all these old people voting Con. now are dead, we will have a liberal revolution" - is that true, or do young people just get old, more tory and replace dead right wingers?