I agree with all of this. The problem we have is that these young people have sadly been taught to focus on negativity and that the entire system needs to be torn down. They are taught these things by a group of people who do actually want to tear it down and most of them are old enough to know better but are holdovers from the 60's and 70's. Kids are impressionable. If you make it cool to hate America, that's what they will do.
Yeah, I certainly don't think every school in the country teaches nonsense like "America is nothing more than an oppressor nation," but there's obviously a very real anti-America current that is having an impact on the next generations, as the polling evidence showed. It's especially growing in popularity in elite colleges, which is worrisome as those tend to be the pipelines to institutions with real cultural power.
A very logical and balanced article. As one of those old white Americans, my sense of American “superiority” has been substantially diminished by the decline in political rationality given to us by the respective wings of our vaunted two party system.
There are some other countries that I think have a higher quality of life (such as in Scandinavia). But there are none that have the economic and military power (if we choose to exercise it) to extend our beliefs in human rights and regulated capitalism to other countries. I doubt the willingness and ability of both Biden/Harris and Trump/ whoever to do that.
I agree with all of this. The problem we have is that these young people have sadly been taught to focus on negativity and that the entire system needs to be torn down. They are taught these things by a group of people who do actually want to tear it down and most of them are old enough to know better but are holdovers from the 60's and 70's. Kids are impressionable. If you make it cool to hate America, that's what they will do.
Yeah, I certainly don't think every school in the country teaches nonsense like "America is nothing more than an oppressor nation," but there's obviously a very real anti-America current that is having an impact on the next generations, as the polling evidence showed. It's especially growing in popularity in elite colleges, which is worrisome as those tend to be the pipelines to institutions with real cultural power.
Love all this. It gives me hope to hear someone explain this so clearly.
A very logical and balanced article. As one of those old white Americans, my sense of American “superiority” has been substantially diminished by the decline in political rationality given to us by the respective wings of our vaunted two party system.
There are some other countries that I think have a higher quality of life (such as in Scandinavia). But there are none that have the economic and military power (if we choose to exercise it) to extend our beliefs in human rights and regulated capitalism to other countries. I doubt the willingness and ability of both Biden/Harris and Trump/ whoever to do that.