@selzero For almost my entire life (at least since I started voting), my father has told me that I'll become a conservative when I get older.

When I was 18, it was when I turn 30. When I was 30, it was when I turn 40. When I turned 40, it became a nebulous "when you're older."

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@selzero I'm 48 now and am actually more liberal than when I was younger. To give an example, had you asked 20 year old me about marriage equality, I'd have said "gay people can have civil unions. Marriage is between a man and a woman." Nowadays, I'm fully supportive of marriage equality.

Will I perpetually keep getting more liberal? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe that Overton paradox will claim me as well. Still, I'm not going to turn into some MAGA Trump supporter just because I can join AARP soon.