Almost all of the friends I had in High School and College went hard left while I stayed middle to middle right...needless to say they don’t like talking to me and I’m ok with that, Jesus, my wife, cat and dog love me and that’s enough
“I had in High School and College went hard left while I stayed middle to middle right”
Yes, people have gone “woke” and became nuts. It’s a purity spiral where even leftists find themselves under attack (think Robespierre).
Elon Musk has talked about this, even posting a little cartoon of himself as he was years ago, sitting in the middle of the political spectrum. People to the left and right.
The next cartoon showed him sitting in the same place, the people on the right in the same place and the people on the left way off in left field.