...Conservative societies (like Afghanistan or Myanmar) get more Liberal, too? "The stereotype of a cranky old man, set in his ways, getting more conservative by the day, is an enduring one. But new research has debunked the myth that people become more conservative as they age. By comparing surveys of various age groups taken over a span of more than 30 years, sociologists found that in general, Americans' opinions veer toward the liberal as they grow older. "All the evidence we have found refutes the idea that as people age their attitudes become more conservative or more rigid," said Nicholas Danigelis, a sociologist at the University of Vermont. "It's just not true. More people are changing in a liberal direction than in a conservative direction." http://www.livescience.com/health/080310-liberal-seniors.html
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Most liberals are young, kid.
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the old people I know have not gotten any more liberal with age. In fact many of them have accepted that they will never see eye-to-eye with the liberal mainstream pop culture again. Most of the people I've met have gotten more conservative as they get older. Even the liberals become more centerist liberals. and just because some sociologist in academia claims something, does make it fact. Sociology is a "soft-science" for a reason.
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I think it depends on what topic. They become more liberal in social interaction because they develop the attitude of "Live and Let Live". Politically, I think people become more conservative as they age.
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I certainly become more liberal as I age. Kids on here read in books how great the free markers are and how they take care of themselves, how government can't do anything right, gets in the way and makes things worse. It's all a load of lies written by rich people who want to stay rich and who don't want others to be able to get ahead. They certainly don't want to have to pay their nannies, butlers, drivers and door men a descent wage.
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Society as a whole becomes more liberal as time passes. Today's conservatives were yesterday's liberals. They were far more liberal than their parents, we are more liberal than they, and our kids will be more liberal than us.
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If you're 20 and not liberal, you don't have a heart. If you're 30 and not conservative, you don't have a brain.
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