You raise really good points, but I’d want to add that abstract thought and the general ability to “think around corners” are at least as important (if not more so the higher you go) as experience insofar as problem solving and “smarts” go.

I mean younger brains do have more neuroplasticity and other factors, hence it’s easier for children to learn more languages than adults. I assume this applies to more than just language.

Post the fix!

True but there are a lot of like full tilt anarchists and, I guess I’d call them soviet flavored “communists” here as compared to like reddit. But mostly a lot of people just don’t really know what constitutes left or right wing.

It’s entirely possible you’re not as leftist as you think you are, but there’s also a number of tankies around here.