Dear Agony Uncle,
I’m a twenty-something-year-old who’s very clearly on the left side of the political spectrum. I’ve tried to be active. I’ve attended protests and organized one at university, tried (and failed) to unionize my workplace and have made my opinions known to thousands of followers on social media. But when I look at my parents, I get worried – they were once radicals in their youth and are now comfortable… propertied. I used to scoff at the dictum, ‘Anyone who is not a socialist at age 20 has no heart. Anyone who is still a socialist at age 40 has no head.’ But as I get older, and I notice myself becoming a bit more selfish, less inclined to be active, wanting to settle down, I’m starting to wonder if it’s true. Am I doomed to become more conservative?
