In my case it has been the exact opposite tbh. The more I have to deal with reality there more I wander to the left. I’m kinda ashamed for my edgy centrist years as a teenager. Fuck that guy.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, I feel that in my soul. Edgy centrist 13 year-old me and edgy nihilist 15 year-old me would be aghast at the bleeding-heart liberal I became.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Satan. You were into politics at 13!

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was into politics at 11, but I was a libertarian then (mega-cringe).

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean you were eleven. I breifly flirted with it in college and thought it might be a the way to go. This was the long ago libertarian though that would go with legalization of drugs and a citizens income. Even then the philosophy ultimately falls apart. This might be one reason its gotten to where it has as the liberal types realized it won't work and left but the right side of it hung around.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would rather be ashamed of my past self than to have grown so little as a person that I cannot experience such shame.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah overall I have become more liberal. I would still say im a bit left of center but of course by modern skewed standards that makes me way liberal. I have seen many of my peers though fall to nutter right levels.