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[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (4 children)

That I'd never have a calculator in my pocket

That I'd get more conservative as I grew older

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

People who gain/have a lot of wealth over their life do tend to want to lock that wealth in by being Conservative I think. Wouldn't want to shake things up!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn't get more conservative as I grew older. At least I don't think I did. What happened is that the definition of conservative changed.

Criticizing censorship and restrictions on free speech didn't use to be a conservative cause, it is now, so I grew "more conservative" without any of my beliefs changing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Conservatives are still quick to suppress speech they don't agree with, though. Their criticism of censorship isn't a cause, it's a smokescreen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That saying holds more truth if you're using the "non-political" definitions of conservative -- i.e. moderate, cautious, or resistant to change.

Moreso "set in your ways" as the world changes around you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I suppose this is true, but remaining set in your ways while the world changes, taken to it's logical conclusion is political conservatism/fascism

[โ€“] gjoel 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People who aren't liberal when they're young have no heart.

People who aren't conservative when they're old have no money.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

There are multiple things wrong with this, the most glaring of which is that a conservative with money would lack a heart as well. Conservatism is incompatible with having a heart.