The Left and Right Side of Life

Years ago, during my college tenure in New Zealand, I can now reflect back on late-teen behavior within academia. We refused to cut our hair, behave, and turn music noise down. This was an era of objection, defiance and discovery, amongst 17–21 yr-olds. Here in the US, it was Vietnamia.

Politics appeared as the media painted it. To oppose public opinion seemed appropriate and cool..just as shown in the Woodstock movie. Idealism followed a secular model opposed to the status quo, but also showed undeniable liberalism.

Fellow grads went into different career paths, appropriate to peer and family models. Conservatives went one way, liberals the other. If I had to delineate each from history, it would look this way:

Conservatives: Law, Banking, Business, Entrepreneurism, Sales

Liberals: Government, Academia, Marketing, Non-Profit, Media

The conservative “y” culture appreciates self-sufficiency, proactivity, and accountability…among other things. Democrats here in the US appear to like security, inclusivity, and government generosity.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a liberal conservative with a faith-based Life Coach business, focused on sincerity.