If you're not a socialist at 20 you are heartless, if you are one at 40 you are brainless?
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This is a slight modification of a quote by Clemenceau (not Churchill, to whom it has been wrongly attributed).  It is a catchy phrase, of course, and that explains its popularity, but as for its substance, it isn't ungenerous to say that the quote is both heartless and brainless itself.  It is heartless in that it is offensive to both young people who oppose socialism and to old ones who redeem it.  It is brainless in that, in its simplicity, it contends that a significant contingent of renowned scientists (who are indeed disproportionately liberal and somewhat socialst) are brainless.  (To claim that Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein were brainless is indeed brainless in itself.)
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Lack of education and understanding. I feel our schools and society fail miserably to prepare students for life on the outside. When I finally got out on my own I didn't have a clue how to obtain an apartment, phone or utilities. I didn't know how to shop for bargains, balance a checkbook or manage my money. I was raised to beleive that if you work hard you will do well. That is not necessarilly the case. Life is competitive. You either choose to compete or you don't, however, we are not all endowed with equal abillities. Handicaps are not always visible. Some people seem to have been born with everythiong going for them. Others seem to never get a break. I am a healthy middle aged individual. All I have ever wanted is to be able to earn a moderate living. This I have accomplished but it is not a secure living nor is it moderate to everyone's standards. According to most people I have a moderate house, 2 used cars and the abilities to pay the bills and still have a little left over however I make twice as much as the average individual. There are many things I could do without, such as the second car and all expenses incured by it, my multimedia system including my computer, tv's, vcrs'dvds, cell phones... And then, there's all my other belongings such as boats, bikes, fancy clothes, toys, gadgets, dining out, nightclubs and all the expenses incurred therein as well. All this and I live alone! I know many familys with four generations living under the same roof just to survive. Now, here is the point, would I be willing to share it all if I knew I could get a family or even an individual off the street? Would you?\n I think the biggest cause of poverty is a lack of understanding, a willingness to turn a blind eye.\n Laziness? Yes, I feel laziness is the root cause of poverty, not on behalf of the impoverished but on behalf of all of us who continue to allow it to go on, all of us who feel someone else will do something about it.\n How do we fix it? Seek those who have not, find out why not and help them to overcome.\n Put and end to beurocracy, pork barrel programs, illicit foreign aid, tax evaders and gougers so we can have the money it will take to help.\n Teach our schools to focus more on 'Life Economics' and make it a requirement. Identify the individual talents of children and guide them along the right path for them. Don't penalize and ridicule them because they may not be good at math, taking tests or sports. Stop being so damned two dimensional and realise there is a universe of possibilities awaiting all of us if we could only recognise the abillities of all individuals istead of a stereotyped few. Please forgive my longwinded answer but your's was a question worthy of the time. May we all prevail.
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I'm not sure because I consider myself still young at the age of 25 and have, since I was able to vote, been a conservative Republican.  The older I get I realize I don't care socially about several issues the Republicans do but could never bring myself to vote for a Liberal.  Only time will tell if my ideas or opinioins will change, but I certainly can't see that happening.
877492
What is old to you is not to them. Some of it is priceless.\nWhen you get older you begin to value certain things more than when your young.
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"You are as old as you feel" or as a friend of mine once said, "You are as old as the woman you feel".......but I think that theory only comes into effect once you hit 40, so no worries.
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I did when I was a kid, but now I'm 38 and know better. It doesn't get good 'till you hit 30. I think our idea of "old" tends to change the older we get.
137813
At that age you are still confused about life.\n It is one way the governement aids and abets your insanity.
373535
I think both go hand in hand. You need both. If you had emotion but no logic, you'd just be an emotional idiot. If you had logic, but no emotion, you'd be a robot.
10930
I probably felt like I was an adult when I moved out of my 'rents house at 19. I'm 28 now and still don't feel much like an "adult".
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no it's not.after 21, life is all down hill.
176005
there is no "old" age. You are as old as you feel
349529
age is a state of mind... your as old as you feel.. I am 39 and NOT old... my kids are getting old though...lol
814751
Neither.  They are both just corrupt ideologies for the rich and privileged who don't give a damn about you.
58300
age is a state of mind...
661127
I think you are either extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemely childish or very simple minded. Either way, get a life ! LOL
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Older people have a wider pool of experience to draw from.  I don't know anything specifically about your older friends, but there are some things I would do differently if I had the chance to do them over again.  My life is okay, but I believe it would be a  lot better if I had finished college.  That's just one example.  It's not that younger people are dumb, they just haven't had 20, 30, 40 years of making good and bad decisions to avoid making mistakes based on previous knowledge.
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You have an old soul. Chill! Enjoy things in life and take advantage of your age because you are only young once. You have the rest of your life to do grown up things which are stressful!