My political views differ pretty sharply from my parents. Religious views as well. However I think there are deeper views laid out in childhood, and not intentionally. The world tells you what your strengths and weaknesses are then you strive to become the best version of yourself.

I'm not introverted but I am unathletic and socially awkward with a tendency to obsess about things no one else cares about. And I'm also really really good at pattern recognition and logic problems. So naturally I see politics less as a social phenomenon of various people trying to fit in and feel like winners, and more like a math problem where we try to find the answer that makes the most people happiest (usually some sort of in-between compromise).

I also grew up in the upper middle class and never had anything that might be called a trauma. So while a lot of people approach politics from a "if this doesn't go well I'll lose my house and starve" perspective, I can only think that way abstractly.

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