This isn’t new- in fact it’s as old as mankind. This is what coined the phrase loosely quoted- If you aren’t liberal when you’re young, you have no heart. If you aren’t conservative when you’re older, you have no brain. People’s ideologies evolve. Mine did- and each will evolve according to their own experience and perception which is for all intents and purposes, their reality. The truth is, liberalism and conservatism today aren’t what they were in their classical form during the time of our forefathers. Liberalism then was educating liberally like putting gravy on potatoes liberally-and focusing on individual liberties. Conservatism was looking at other societies / nations experiences when certain changes were made before making a similar change- and not changing for the sake of doing something different. That is what liberalism and conservatism were. Past tense. Neither term means today what it meant back then. I submit that choosing one today in its entirety isn’t practical. It leaves no room for any consideration for another perspective. One can be for the second amendment while being pro-choice. In identity politics, there is an inherent dogma- the stigma that says there is only room for one ideology & the other is wrong. During campaigns, two minorities exist; the base of both sides. Division must be created FROM and AMONGST the middle to gain the edge & hence a majority. Wouldn’t it be something if we could cause those we vote for to be more balanced and bring them to the middle rather than in-fighting amongst ourselves- won’t that be a sight?

This is the result of the education system which was taken over and nationalized. It started slowly and then took off during the 60's. Studies continue to show that a vast majority of college professors are liberal-progressives and they teach according to that mindset. The irony is that at the same time they keep calling for students to be taught "critical thinking" skills!

`What do you expect. People send their kids to government schools for 13 years, then they go to hammer & sickle colleges for 4 more. Do you expect them to come out capitalists? The way to raise intelligent kids is to teach them yourselves, and just let them learn.

Young people are attracted to Utopian concepts, and it isn't new. The Communist ideology was quite popular in the 1930s, given capitalism was being blamed for the depression. The young are even more drenched today in the belief that these unworkable ideas are more "fair" than a capitalist representative republic.

We already have more than enough socialist fixes that address poverty, so the new angle is how "inequality" of wealth is unjust. Bernie Sanders is representative of that thinking when he says there should be a limit on how much money one is allowed to have, suggesting any income over a million dollars should be taxed 100%.

For many of these naive young people, reality eventually sets in, and they witness how the best of intentions fail more frequently than they succeed. Unfortunately, the damage is perpetuated by flawed representatives they voted in who live in a delusional state inside the beltway.

No, they are educated not to think and to do as told. Civic is not taught. Victimhood is taught. Oppressor and oppressed.
Indoctrination to induce cancer to bring this country down from within.

[Sarcasm]The study showed that young people are more liberal than older people? How can that be? It must be some kind brainwashing conspiracy b/c we've never seen this phenomenon before. [/Sarcasm]
Sorry for the sarcasm. On a serious note, I think younger people are more liberal b/c a) liberals promote "change" and b) because it's easier to fall for facile solutions when you're inexperienced.

This has nothing to do with idealism or altruism. It is pure (temporary) self-interest. If you are paying little or no taxes and someone promises you free tuition, free medical care and forgiveness for all student loan debt, you'll be tempted.

Yes