as you get older you'll become more conservative

In Germany the say:

If you’re not a communist at fifteen, you don’t have a heart. If you’re still one at thirty, you don’t have a brain.

I don’t know bout you, but my socialism does not come from a lack of understanding how politics work.

Since socialism isn’t communism the sentence either doesn’t apply to you or it REALLY applies to you. 😆
They’re very closely related