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Unfortunately younger republicans are more socially liberal than older republicans. So the party will likely still transition slowly into that. Many millennial republicans tend to look a lot like hippies in some regards. Society has become so socially liberal even lots of conservatives have become socially liberal. The future of republicans will be socially liberal but economically conservative.
Today's Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas used to be a shouting, fist-in-the-air angry protestor in his younger years. But today he is a steadfast, well-reasoned conservative voice on the Court.
At one of his speeches, an audience member asked him why his demeanor had changed so markedly over the years.
Unfortunately younger republicans are more socially liberal than older republicans. So the party will likely still transition slowly into that. Many millennial republicans tend to look a lot like hippies in some regards. Society has become so socially liberal even lots of conservatives have become socially liberal. The future of republicans will be socially liberal but economically conservative.
In the sports industry we call that being a "Socially Liberal/Free Market Capitalist".
Nope. This whole "you become more conservative as you age" is nonsense. The VAST majority of folks have their political views pretty much set by age 20.
Unfortunately younger republicans are more socially liberal than older republicans. So the party will likely still transition slowly into that. Many millennial republicans tend to look a lot like hippies in some regards. Society has become so socially liberal even lots of conservatives have become socially liberal. The future of republicans will be socially liberal but economically conservative.
The thing is that people often act very differently from what they say they believe in.
For example, so many people who even call themselves socially liberal quietly move to lily white neighborhoods and send their kids to exclusive private schools as soon as they can afford to do so. I even know millennial parents who do this. There is actually more segregation in American schools today than there was in 1970s.
This is quite contrary to the diversity and inclusiveness that socially liberal purport to believe in.
And it’s shaped by experienced. Most people that become conservatives already are born in wealth. They were coffee shop liberals at one point but it was just a side hobby. They never true took a deep dive. Essentially, to be conservative is easy. You just ignore issues and don’t think too deep into things about how our society works.
Essentially it’s the comfort. This is why it’s easy to rile them up about stupid things like the gender of a green M&M, or wedge issues.
My friend told me about his experience in high school when he got into politics. He joined a republicans club. He wanted to discuss solving poverty, improving lives etc. everyone else wanted to focus on why gays shouldn’t marry.
To sum it up, republicans don’t focus on real issues.
BUT, that is also the fault of democrats. Because they let republicans get away with it.
MEANWHILE in reality-people political party really changes after their 20's. Some do (I was Republican in my 20s, then independent, and now Democrat) but they are fairly rare.
You can THINK it should be different. Id even have agreed with you. But if you look at the actual data? Nope. Your and MY feelings to the contrary the facts say were wrong.
You sound like a middle of the road Democrat. Most Democrats don’t support CRT or antifa. Most Dems don’t introduce themselves by telling you what their pronouns are. Most Dems are pro-choice, pro- gay marriage and pro-environment, just like you.
Nope. I'm Independent. I'll vote for anyone who makes the most sense or has the most pragmatic solutions, regardless of their party affiliation.
If anything, I’ve seen late millennials have an Awakening in the opposite direction. In the past (I’m late Gen X), people were drawn to the Republican Party more for the fiscal side of things. That fiscal side has ended and now it is mostly on social issues and MORE government interference into people’s personal lives.
This is a hard truth for Republican voters.
No Republican politician has ever reduced the size of government. So I'm not sure that they were ever fiscally conservative. Just slightly less liberal than Democrats sometimes.
Maybe the awakening is to the BS that Republicans are conservative. I'm starting to figure out that they are just slightly better sometimes than the Democrats.
The thing is that people often act very differently from what they say they believe in.
For example, so many people who even call themselves socially liberal quietly move to lily white neighborhoods and send their kids to exclusive private schools as soon as they can afford to do so. I even know millennial parents who do this. There is actually more segregation in American schools today than there was in 1970s.
This is quite contrary to the diversity and inclusiveness that socially liberal purport to believe in.
That really has nothing to do with political beliefs. It has to do with providing the best neighborhoods and schools for their children.
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