Gee, maybe it’s because young people see the writing on the wall, that their future is being eviscerated by the extravagances and idiocy of the current generations in power. I fall into the 18-29 demographic and this is how I see it.
Like him or not, Ron Paul is one of the only ones talking about serious reforms to taxes, entitlement programs, curbing the nanny state, etc. So it’s a no-brainer that young people would find him appealing. The only other one talking about serious reforms of this scale is Newt Gingrich.
“Gee, maybe it’s because young people see the writing on the wall, that their future is being eviscerated by the extravagances and idiocy of the current generations in power. I fall into the 18-29 demographic and this is how I see it.”
I fall in the late middle age demographic. I see the same thing you do. I think the USA will go the same route as the USSR, and for similar reasons. Too much out, not enough in; bankruptcy followed by dissolution of the polity.