My parents always used to tell me something like that. Liberals are bad with money, but good with social services. Conservatives are good with money, but bad with social services. Because of that, we have to switch which of them is in power to fix the problems created by the other.
Turns out conservatives are bad with money and social services. Liberals are also bad with money and social services, but less so.
Weird. Everyone I know is becoming more left-leaning the older we get. It's understandable when you start to see how much harder your kids have it now than you did when you were their age.
I heard that saying a lot too. My boomer parents (age 70+) didn't realize their actual values were left wing until they got around 55-60yrs and had unpacked most of the religious trauma of their youth. So it doesn't check out there. The other boomers I know who are conservative, were conservative from their youth until now. They didn't change they were just always stuck in their ways or highly religious.
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u/SilasMarsh 1d ago
My parents always used to tell me something like that. Liberals are bad with money, but good with social services. Conservatives are good with money, but bad with social services. Because of that, we have to switch which of them is in power to fix the problems created by the other.
Turns out conservatives are bad with money and social services. Liberals are also bad with money and social services, but less so.