system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
This is often the case. The other factor to consider is that when you're young and liberal, the ideas that are progressive to you aren't far away from what you think is reasonable so they're easier for you to wrap your head around and get behind. Once you're 40 or older, you aren't necessarily viewing the changes that progressivism is asking for that way, because your baseline of what was "normal" or "reasonable" is 30 years old. So on top of the economic changes you don't want to make because you actually have money and property now, the social changes are so far out to you because of the social environment that you grew up in, that it makes you think the left has "gone too far," when in reality you just got older and have more shit than you used to.
gpt
I'm in my mid-50s and leaning further and further left as the years go by. I cannot stand what is happening to the planet and to the generations younger than myself. Greed and selfishness drive what is happening. I was taught that my child should have a better life than mine, and at least in my family, this has happened. For all the Millenials and Gen-Z who are suffering, I am ashamed of the Boomers and those of my generation who are not fighting for their children's generation. This includes economics and climate.

Socially, I am hard to the left as well. Freedom over one's body is a sacred right. A life lived in love, not fear. Helping one another not fighting. Health for all. Affordable education and daycare. Care for the vulnerable. Love of ALL diversity. Choice over spirituality. Accepting responsibility for past wrongs and making amends.

Sorry, this turned into a rant. Suffice it to say there are those of us out there who want the best for the younger generation, and this shows up as being leftist. 🌹