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Tankies turn giddy over the radicalisation of a child. Already, the child is denying genocide, praising stalin, racist and celebrating violence
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It kind of does through. The older you get the more ridged you become. You buckle down in your ways and become resistant to change.
I've yet to meet an older person who has not been able to change their opinion. In fact I reckon the belief that you can't change is a very, very dangerous one.
Broadly speaking, as you get older, you tend to become more rigid in your core beliefs. But not always. And not in everything. It doesn't mean you can't change, but people become less likely to change. As you get older, you have more inertia to overcome, and more years of sunk-costs.
Your core values are unlikely to change though. It isn't impossible but when you are a young adult everything is new and you are basically a sponge. What happens when you are young profoundly influences who you become.