RE: My political leanings, 2026
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Sorry... I actually didn't get around to tying my point together.
What I meant was that I don't think people are actually becoming more conservative as they get older anymore because it's becoming very obvious that the current systems are not worth preserving.
If anything myself and almost all of my friends have become more progressive as we've gotten older as we understand the damage that the current systems are doing to current and future generations.
I do very much hope that the pendulum swings back hard against far-right conservative parties once many countries see the damage that religious ideology does to policy.
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Far right and left powers are an immune response, the problem is both are fairly confused, I think. But I also think they have a role to play, almost like bartering in a street market.
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If you demand, like some on twitter, to expel everyone with a single drop of non-white blood, then you pull the opponents further in that direction without actually going to that extreme, making, for example, foreign criminal deportation more open for discussion (this is exactly what has happened in recent months in the UK).
Similarly if you demand all billionaires to go to prison, or all politicians advocating war to go to the front lines themselves, neither will ever occur, but you very quickly hear them say 'hey hold on a minute, perhaps we can work something out'.
I think that maybe, without those outer-edge forces pushing the centre, nothing will ever get done. It's just a very dangerous game we've gotten ourselves into...
Yeah, you're essentially describing the Overton window, which I think has been dragged way more to the right in the last 6 years because of billionaires buying up traditional and social media as quickly as they can.
I don't mind the odd sway to the right or left, but it's definitely getting to a point where people might trip on the curb edge!