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I'm in my early 40s, and I'm more of a leftist today than I was when I was 18.
As I get older I realize how much shittier of a world we are leaving for our kids. I’m 52 and much more cognizant of my more liberal views and how much more “correct” they are now than I was was in my early 20s. My age and wisdom have taught me this.
The entire premise of conservatism is that the way things are now (or how they recently were), and the projection of this into the future, is the best possible way for things to be. How absolutely stupid do you have to be to believe that?
"Let's just stop here, things are as good as they're going to get. No improvements can be made."
It's actually simpler than that. Conservatism does not actually express any positive philosophy at all. Its premise is entirely reactionary.