Aged Activism

It would seem strange that people gradually lose their urge to change the world. I think it is somewhere around the 30's, when some sort of switch is flicked. I cannot be sure whether it is because of a perceived "adult" responsibility to the inner circle, or whether people just lose their drive. Perhaps it is a combination of both. Yet there are some who do manage to raise families whilst doing their bit for what they believe in. And yes, something that does not revolve around selves or families. I guess it is naivety, that some still believe that they can change things as individuals. Yet I cannot help but feel that it is perhaps the naive assumption of disempowerment that really keeps everything at the status quo, nasty though it may be