more right-wing with age?

[Terrywoodenpic]

As we age we become more set and. convinced versions of ourselves in pretty much every way.

 

[RestlessSoul]

As we age we become more set and. convinced versions of ourselves in pretty much every way.

This is not inevitable

 

[Little Dragon]

I’m back to seeing capitalism as an evil which has to be tamed.

I am not at all impressed by the "theory" of "trickle down economics" that's for sure.

 

[RestlessSoul]

I am not at all impressed by the "theory" of "trickle down economics" that's for sure.

The one argument in favour of capitalism as a force for good, is that it does create wealth. But that wealth comes from the exploitation both of people, and of the Earth’s limited resources; the price of luxury for the few, is devastation for the many.

 

[Little Dragon]

The one argument in favour of capitalism as a force for good, is that it does create wealth. But that wealth comes from the exploitation both of people, and of the Earth’s limited resources; the price of luxury for the few, is devastation for the many.

No argument here.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

This is not inevitable

There will always be the exception to prove the rule.
But by and large it. Is a truism.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

The one argument in favour of capitalism as a force for good, is that it does create wealth. But that wealth comes from the exploitation both of people, and of the Earth’s limited resources; the price of luxury for the few, is devastation for the many.

Capitalism does not creat wealth it concentrates it.
It empties lots of smaller pots into fewer larger pots.
Hence the wealthy and the poor.

 

[RestlessSoul]

There will always be the exception to prove the rule.
But by and large it. Is a truism.

One man's truism is another man's platitude. How big is your sample btw?

 

[Mock Turtle]

As you've grown older have you become more right-wing?

It is often said that this is what usually happens but I'm not actually sure it does...

However, I most certainly have

I used to be a Communist but now I'm a Social Democrat

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that people become less left-wing as they grow older?

I think there is a tendency for this to happen, given the numbers of the young who might be left-wing and the numbers of those older who might be more right-wing. I suspect such happens because as one gets older one has more to lose - as per assets - and also because one tends to have more power than when younger. Given that the right-wing do tend to emphasise security, control, law and order, and punishment for crime as preference over rehabilitation. Perhaps there are other reasons though.

For myself, I became rather left-wing oriented from an early age and this has remained so, not having any particular reasons ever to vote for any right-wing candidates and more reasons as to voting for left-wing policies. Any of the reading that I did when young probably ensured this too, given I didn't come across so much right-wing material or such just didn't appeal to me then.

 

[PureX]

As you've grown older have you become more right-wing?

It is often said that this is what usually happens but I'm not actually sure it does...

However, I most certainly have

I used to be a Communist but now I'm a Social Democrat

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that people become less left-wing as they grow older?

Just the opposite, for me. The more greedy and stupid our corporations and government become the more radically socialist I find myself getting.

 

[JustGeorge]

I didn't want for anything. Our old house had a library, a study, a billiards room (a game a bit like pool), six bedrooms (two with en suite bathrooms), a lounge, a glass conservatory, a main bathroom and a shower room, a dining room, utility rooms, a wine cellar, two toilets and about 1.5 acres of land attached, including allotments and gardens. We had gardeners, tutors, cleaners and cooks and a handyman.
I had no idea what real life was like for most people.

No swimming pool?

As to voting, I think I've not identified with either 'side', ever. I vote for who I think will do the least harm.

 

[Little Dragon]

No swimming pool?

As to voting, I think I've not identified with either 'side', ever. I vote for who I think will do the least harm.

No pool no. Did have a sauna room, not that I used it much. Not my thing. I vote the same way JustGeorge. My vote swings from party to party, just never the Conservatives or any Far right nationalist party, they are by definition harmful.

 

[Soandso]

I would say that I've leaned left more with age, though who knows what the future will bring 20 years from now. We'll see

 

[Little Dragon]

I would say that I've leaned left more with age, though who knows what the future will bring 20 years from now. We'll see

I definitely have. The more I see how modern capitalism operates the less I like it. These days, I have little faith in the capitalist free market model. Practically none.

 

[Soandso]

I definitely have. The more I see how modern capitalism operates the less I like it. These days, I have little faith in the capitalist free market model. Practically none.

My opinion of free market has also soured some within some contexts as well, but I'm still a pro capitalism kinna guy. I just think there needs to be more worker and union protections and I feel the free market needs to be removed from basic public utilities like public energy or medical. My opinions are subject to change, though, so we'll see what the future holds

 

[ratiocinator]

As you've grown older have you become more right-wing?

No. If anything, I've become more left-wing.

It is often said that this is what usually happens but I'm not actually sure it does...

Not sure, although I've heard this before. I've also read that it doesn't seem to be happening in the UK for more recent generations.

 

[JustGeorge]

No pool no. Did have a sauna room, not that I used it much. Not my thing. I vote the same way JustGeorge. My vote swings from party to party, just never the Conservatives or any Far right nationalist party, they are by definition harmful.

I don't think I'd enjoy a sauna, either.

The most fun swimming pool I ever saw(while bored, and looking at real estate I could never afford) was a classic 4 square style house(very common in Midwestern US) that someone had bought the house(another 4 square style)next door, and ran a sort of mudroom between the two... and turned the lower level of the second house into an indoor pool. Even kept up the living room 'feel'; while there was tile for a ways out around the pool, there was carpet and chairs, and a TV... I loved it!

In the US, I miss the days when I had to sit down and consider both candidates.

 

[Little Dragon]

I don't think I'd enjoy a sauna, either.

My father was Russian, they go in for saunas in a big way.

 

[Little Dragon]

Not sure, although I've heard this before. I've also read that it doesn't seem to be happening in the UK for more recent generations.

The housing market is weirdly, one of the main reasons. Young people no longer turn into fiscally conservative home owners.

 

[JustGeorge]

My father was Russian, they go in for saunas in a big way.

I remember reading on the bath houses in those regions(from their Pre-Christian perspectives) and finding that fascinating. They seem different than the 'steam closets' I'm accustomed to.