

I disagree with the conservative talking point that people become more conservative as they age. I have observed that only conservatives become more conservative as they age.
My comment that normal people will abandon conservatism as they age refers to young people abandoning conservatism in their 20’s because their empathy is completely incompatible with conservatism.
A young normal person who can experience empathy may be raised in a conservative household and may be trained to be conservative as a child. But as they grow up and are able to form their own views of the world, they will find their empathy to be completely incompatible with conservatism. It is not possible to experience empathy and hold conservative views simultaneously. Conservatism is not compatible with empathy. A young adult who can experience empathy will naturally move away from conservatism as they recognize how incompatible it is with being a normal, empathetic human.
Conservatives are biologically unable to experience empathy. A child who is biologically unable to experience empathy and is raised in a conservative home is likely to become more conservative as they age because they have not been taught to value empathy.
Further, conservatives often train their children to avoid and dislike empathy. They often call empathy “woke” and teach their children to use that word as a pejorative for any empathetic act.
A person who cannot experience empathy may grow up with these lessons as their core values, becoming more bold about them as they age. However, a person who can experience empathy is likely to discard these lessons as they age because they are incongruent with the empathy they can personally experience and observe in others.




The certain type of person you describe is called a “conservative”.