I'd have to agree with arturov. I'd also like to add that I've come across a lot of people that have switched ideologies over time. In my view, they most often have gone from liberal to conservative. This was due to working in social services, paying high taxes, learning about the cold war and why we sucked at it, and generally seeing through b.s. as they get older. In the end, a lot of what is said about politics and quickly accepted is a load of garbage. And, if that not taken into consideration, any analysis of the above issue will be incomplete and lead no where. Also, do not confuse history's trend of liberation of people with "liberal" in the political sense. The big conservative movement this past century has not sought to enslave anyone, instead has a goal of providing life, liberty and property, which is the true essense of "liberal".
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I'd have to agree with arturov. I'd also like to add that I've come across a lot of people that have switched ideologies over time. In my view, they most often have gone from liberal to conservative. This was due to working in social services, paying high taxes, learning about the cold war and why we sucked at it, and generally seeing through b.s. as they get older. In the end, a lot of what is said about politics and quickly accepted is a load of garbage. And, if that not taken into consideration, any analysis of the above issue will be incomplete and lead no where. Also, do not confuse history's trend of liberation of people with "liberal" in the political sense. The big conservative movement this past century has not sought to enslave anyone, instead has a goal of providing life, liberty and property, which is the true essense of "liberal".