I often heard something similar, in spirit. Roughly translated: “if you aren’t a commie when you’re 20, then you’re heartless; but if you’re still a commie when you’re 40, then you’re brainless.”
I’m 40 this year. Still a communist. I guess that makes me brainless?
At 20, you’re a democrat because you have dreams and hopes, but being young and poor, you depend on the system’s generosity to get successful.
At 30, you are a Republican, because you start having a life of comfort, and even if you refuse to admit it, you know well your comfort relies on some other people working hard in miserable conditions, but you really like your comfort, and you rationalize this with “economic growth will lift everyone from poverty” even though you really want some people to do menial tasks for you, and for cheap, and you want everything to be cheap, so people producing goods and delivering services can’t be paid too much, and can’t have it too easy, or they’ll quit and you’ll lose your benefits!
At 40, you’re a libertarian because you finally made peace with the idea that there will be poor, there will be rich, it is what it is, but now you want your voice level to match your bank account. Why would you pay more taxes (in absolute) than most and at the same time let these folks decide what to do with the money?? You’ll manage the money you want to give to the community, and it will only go to the charities and projects that deserve your generosity. That way things are much fairer.
You didn’t totally forget about the you at 20, but you look at your kid, and decide we don’t need free education or some shit, because low/no taxes mean you can save enough to pay for their education. And for the poor, well: you were poor at 20, so they should just take example on you and work hard to get out of poverty!
If you recognize yourself in this, know that at all ages, you were probably a PoS, but only with the age did you reveal your true colors!
I understand that. I self identified as a communist from 17-22 but portrayed it as Democratic and then around 23 I became politically agnostic/undecided and then I went back to my roots as an anarchist and then surprisingly, I tested out the republican side and it’s so easy to become brainwashed and I regret testing that side. I was becoming brainwashed with extra conditioner and I didn’t realize it until I realized that what I was saying wasn’t in line with how I truly felt.
Now I’m back to being a libertarian socialist but I can appreciate capitalism but not to the degree a republican does.
Republicans are the side of law and order and Democrats are the party of understand the countrys needs and I’m not gonna lie if we had a system where they freakin’ worked together, this would be an actual superpower of a country.
I think it’s broken that we have a new political system every 4 years with choices and mandates and laws that dissolve two terms after the seated president leaves, making it so that if said president that put those in motion became president again after those 8 years they’d pick up where they left off which seems dictatorial. (currently happening)
But it is broken that we flip-flop political systems every four to eight years and then expect change for the better and having our voices heard.
Sure if it’s wielded as a club against their enemies. Otherwise “law and order” is either lip service or a reference to a crime drama television show.
It is unfathomable that someone would say the republicans are a party of law and order in this current administration. Where are the Epstein-Trump files? Where is justice for the 56 people killed by ICE since 2025?
I often heard something similar, in spirit. Roughly translated: “if you aren’t a commie when you’re 20, then you’re heartless; but if you’re still a commie when you’re 40, then you’re brainless.”
I’m 40 this year. Still a communist. I guess that makes me brainless?
I’ve heard it as “if you’re still a communist when you’re 40, then you’re poor.”
You can also substitute communist with socialist or liberal.
Also I’ve heard another version where 20 is democrat, 30 is Republican, and 40 is libertarian.
It’s all “my team” kind of bullshit.
At 20, you’re a democrat because you have dreams and hopes, but being young and poor, you depend on the system’s generosity to get successful.
At 30, you are a Republican, because you start having a life of comfort, and even if you refuse to admit it, you know well your comfort relies on some other people working hard in miserable conditions, but you really like your comfort, and you rationalize this with “economic growth will lift everyone from poverty” even though you really want some people to do menial tasks for you, and for cheap, and you want everything to be cheap, so people producing goods and delivering services can’t be paid too much, and can’t have it too easy, or they’ll quit and you’ll lose your benefits!
At 40, you’re a libertarian because you finally made peace with the idea that there will be poor, there will be rich, it is what it is, but now you want your voice level to match your bank account. Why would you pay more taxes (in absolute) than most and at the same time let these folks decide what to do with the money?? You’ll manage the money you want to give to the community, and it will only go to the charities and projects that deserve your generosity. That way things are much fairer.
You didn’t totally forget about the you at 20, but you look at your kid, and decide we don’t need free education or some shit, because low/no taxes mean you can save enough to pay for their education. And for the poor, well: you were poor at 20, so they should just take example on you and work hard to get out of poverty!
If you recognize yourself in this, know that at all ages, you were probably a PoS, but only with the age did you reveal your true colors!
I started out libertarian in my twenties, then democrat in my thirties, now socialist in my forties, and I’m not poor.
Of course you’re not poor. You’re ten squirrels! I bet you’re loaded with acorns in all the best stash spots! Good on you, I say.
I originally heard this as:
If you’re a Republican at 20, then you’re heartless. If you’re a Democrat at 40, then you’re broke.
If you’re not a leftist when you’re 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a leftist when you’re 40, you have no brain.
I understand that. I self identified as a communist from 17-22 but portrayed it as Democratic and then around 23 I became politically agnostic/undecided and then I went back to my roots as an anarchist and then surprisingly, I tested out the republican side and it’s so easy to become brainwashed and I regret testing that side. I was becoming brainwashed with extra conditioner and I didn’t realize it until I realized that what I was saying wasn’t in line with how I truly felt.
Now I’m back to being a libertarian socialist but I can appreciate capitalism but not to the degree a republican does.
Republicans are the side of law and order and Democrats are the party of understand the countrys needs and I’m not gonna lie if we had a system where they freakin’ worked together, this would be an actual superpower of a country.
I think it’s broken that we have a new political system every 4 years with choices and mandates and laws that dissolve two terms after the seated president leaves, making it so that if said president that put those in motion became president again after those 8 years they’d pick up where they left off which seems dictatorial. (currently happening)
But it is broken that we flip-flop political systems every four to eight years and then expect change for the better and having our voices heard.
A what?!
Sure if it’s wielded as a club against their enemies. Otherwise “law and order” is either lip service or a reference to a crime drama television show.
It is unfathomable that someone would say the republicans are a party of law and order in this current administration. Where are the Epstein-Trump files? Where is justice for the 56 people killed by ICE since 2025?