[Cronos]

1. The boomer generation chose the leftist leaders and as a generation moved sharply left
2. then the m-e etc policies are part of the boomer legacy
3. then the boomer generation went the greed is good route and didn't save in the 80s and now we have a mountain of debt to pay

[MarDav]

The Greatest Generation came home from war and gave birth to the Worst Generation (of which, I am ashamed to say, I am part)

[kabar]

You are missing the point. The welfare state is collapsing. Multiculturalism is dead so said Cameron, Merkel and Sarkozy. This isn't about racism or the French for that matter. It is about the preservation of Western Civilization and the values and culture that have proven to be superior to all others.

The young, at least some of them in France, understand the legacy (and debt) they have been left. They are no longer buying the political rhetoric or the handouts.

In 2012, voters 18-29 preferred Obama. But drilling down further in that age group you find whites voted 51%-44% for Romney while Latinos voted 74%-23% for Obama and blacks voted 91%-8%. We are headed into political tribalism that can only divide and damage this country. The US is not immune to the forces that affect basic human behavior. And we have a President who is fanning the flames of race, ethnicity, and class.