>>>It is easy to be idealistic when you are young. I was idealistic way back when. As a matter of fact, I believe that most old cynics like you and me started out as idealists. Otherwise we would have nothing to be cynical about ;)
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>Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli (but actually used by French authors decades earlier:)
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>A (wo)man who is not a Liberal at sixteen has no heart; a (wo)man who is not a Conservative at sixty has no head.

It's a common phenomenon.

https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Right-Reshaped-American-Century/dp/1416589708/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472165809&sr=1-3&keywords=left+to+right

It's rare to see a shift in the other direction as they grow older