(05-21-2017, 06:54 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-20-2017, 07:47 PM)Galen Wrote:(05-20-2017, 05:16 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: It's at least based on data. Do you have any data to the contrary?
You need to remember that Eric the Obtuse (accurate description restored) and Odin don't live in the same universe the rest of us do.
It is essential to remember that youth are much more malleable in their political and social values than are adults. Since this is a Crisis Era, events will shake whatever foundations of political affiliation of "Generation Z:.
It seems unlikely that the drift to the left that has been going since the sixties will continue forever. Gary North has an interesting article on what he calls The Great Default. In another article he covers this idea in more detail. The real question is who gets the loot when the non-discretionary part of the federal government reaches 100%?
It will be very interesting to see how Generation Z reacts to this breakdown since I very much doubt they will embrace the values of the Boomers. It also seems unlikely they will consider government in a good light.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises