There are liberal old people, but not many. The statistics always bear this out: the younger you are, the more liberal your social views. So social change is largely a function of time. Not that there isn’t stuff you can do today, there is, we can and should, but old powerful people with no term limits (literally or figuratively) would be disastrous for social change.
I, for one, am happy to hand the mantle to my kids when my time comes. Who wants to live forever?
