(When) Did Your Political Ideology Diverge From Your Parents'?

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Not yet.

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Hm. My father's side of the family were pretty standard urban leftists/communists. His father was a labor union head and there's been a long history of flirtation with left-communism. But his mom came from former nobility (lol how does that happen) and he seemed to be closer to her, so he ended up falling much closer towards being a populist right-wing/liberal type. My mother's family was more westernized but never really flirted with either of the ideological sides. Generally centrists/elitists. Though she herself is generally apolitical, her more patrician background does sometimes show through.

So yeah, I don't really think they diverged that much. Maybe. Hah.

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It's not strictly necessary to discuss politics with someone in order to make your political affiliation very obvious. This is America - there are plenty of cultural and social cues that people can indicate in order to show their affiliation.

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My parents are probably somewhat to my left - they always give their first preference vote to whichever socialist independent is running in our constituency - but obviously the main thing I've inherited from them is a hatred of Fianna Fáil, which is kind of interesting given that their parents were all very staunch FF voters.

Don't they come from an academic background? I feel like that should explain things.

They do and it does.

Eh. My mom comes from an academic background. And she'd be far-right by American standards. Now admittedly, that means liberal-leaning from native standards, so...I guess that's not that unique of a divergence.

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I don't really associate with many liberals, at least Wesern ones. The culture clash is simply insurmountable. Which is not to necessarily say I flock to those with similar views - most people I associate with tend to fall considerably to my right. I suspect there's not a lot of political influence flying in either direction.

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I definitely disagree with my father's inherent dislike for the wealthy and my mom's distaste for gays. That's about it.

But gays are so tasty...