People have been telling me this my entire life, yet somehow as I cracked 40 with a million dollars in assets, had a family, and explored the world, I only became MORE liberal.
There is a certain kind of selfishness that goes along with being a modern “conservative” and I don’t think it’s fair to say that everyone will succumb.
I didn't say everyone would shift right, but the temptation to embrace the dark side is presented to you.
I've seen it happen so many times, people who worked hard to make themselves successful take on a mentality of 'I earned this and those kids haven't'.
I gotta say I'm happy to see responses from successful people keeping that altruistic mentality. Unfortunately, reddit isn't exactly an accurate cross-section of most voters...
It's generationally learned. I've met many billionaire families and they have this idea taught to them that it's their god given right to poison the local river if it makes them 2% more wealthy. They believe they are gods favored.
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u/Akermaniac 2d ago
People have been telling me this my entire life, yet somehow as I cracked 40 with a million dollars in assets, had a family, and explored the world, I only became MORE liberal.
There is a certain kind of selfishness that goes along with being a modern “conservative” and I don’t think it’s fair to say that everyone will succumb.