Can't Relate To My Peers

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I'm 18, have mild Autism, and attend community college full-time. I have two friends outside of school, but they're unrelatable on a personal level, so we mostly hang out once in a blue moon and typically enjoy it. However, I feel disconnected from my peers, since my intense fixation on investing, economics, and wealth accumulation may be considered bizarre by many people. On the other hand, I also want to avoid the majority of people age 18-20, since they engage in frivolous activities like vaping, consuming alcohol, and partying excessively. I feel that my values, namely personal responsibility, economic liberalism, and rugged individualism clash with my peers, who believe that capitalism has made the world worse off and often as, if not more concerned about societal problems rather than their own. I tend to gravitate towards classical music or classic rock, read several articles and watch many videos pertaining to my interests, and every day, I see my peers as unenlightened, foolish, and in need of my help if they want to "save themselves". How can I possibly find friends who have similar values to me, in a world where people are questioning capitalism and accumulated wealth more and more?

Or maybe you could do some volunteer work and develop some compassion for people in less fortunate circumstances.

Intensely fixating on anything isn't the best idea and I second the volunteering suggestion.

Wow think i missed the boat , as instead of volunteering was trying to survive back then . Without any credit rating too young.
But admires volunteering , if my health, had any predictability . Might have done that , stupid peer pressure . Drew me in ..and they all wanted me to be at that level.. My physical health did not want me to be there. And i knew that would certainly not support me as i aged . Not realizing that these people also needed me to be in that boat with them . To make them feel ok about the way they wished to live. Part of the herd . When opportunity appeared , i tried to help people best i could , even went into nursing for a time . But in college had few to no friends .But learned ,inbetween schooling & going to real estate seminars and stock market classes ,money in the world is made by investments. Btw those classes were free introductory , They gave me a direction to look into. Did borrow 1700 dollar once from dad.

You may work for someone else to make money for them or you may work for yourself .
Had early successful experiments in investing . Small scale part time . Hopefully if your observant perhaps a opportunity may present . Research research research . You maynot have great social abilities ? But you have a brain . That will be with you till end of time. Trade school , might be good investment in time , if you can. Have a fallback job , you can do? Hairdresser, mechanic,whatever. Jobs that might be in demand or always needed.
And none of apparent core values of my peers were mine , nor my path.
Not everyone is the same, even in Aspiedom. Circumstances forced me to focus on health things,
Many Aspies have health issues , researching became my hobby. Lol a healthy distraction.
For kicks , look up Nootropics . You go...!

1. I don't care for heavy drinkers either and they only care about people who drink and they are completely fake.
2. As for meeting people, maybe join a meetup for people who are die-hard economics fans like yourself but try more than one where drinking isn't a top priority
3. I like the idea of volunteering somewhere with build-up soft skills while finding a position because your expertise in economics will pay off.

Relating to peers is difficult when you're not where you're expected to be in life ... I can't have a conversation with anyone my own age

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Sounds like you are more mature then your peers and that is not a bad thing. I went through the same thing when I was your age my peers were into snojing, alcohol, and underaged girls.i just hanged around people on my maturity level focused on schooling at the time.