Reply #33: (Straw man stands up) [View All]

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That's quite funny to hear such an "anti-hippie" sentiment on a board that professes to be "Democratic Underground".

FYI: I'm in my mid-30s, married for 8 years, homeowner and professionally employed. My wife and I earn comfortable middle-class salaries, but we're by no means rich. We live in a 70-year-old house in need of $10k in repairs and drive 8-year-old cars with high mileage on them.

And both of us are more liberal now than we've ever been before.

Back in 1988 I was solidly behind Dukakis, starting with the primaries. Why? Because he was a non-controversial technocrat who was best at going with the flow, rather than asking "why does the flow go this way"? If the college-age me were around today, I would have probably backed Kerry all the way. But the older (and wiser) me knows that just "going along" is NOT the answer anymore, and we have to question WHY we are doing something, and who will benefit the most. Hence, I supported Kucinich this year, and will do so in the future if he runs for president again.

Don't "assume" you go Republican when you get a real job. If anything, my experience in corporate America has done more to radicalize my politics than any Marxist professor at a University could EVER do.