Hahahaha. Where did this myth begin that most young Americans are all liberals? I’m younger than thirty.
Most of the liberals are the older people. Just look at the protests over the ‘Iraq War’. Bunch of old hippies had to go out with walkers.
The misconception that younger people being liberal is due to polls on college campuses which are dominated by women. Most young people don’t really care about voting anyway. All those young people that were supposed to show up in 2008 never did so.
There are only two main differences I see with young people. The first is that, unlike most liberals, they have no faith in Social Security or Medicare. They are for reforming Social Security. This is huge. FDR’s hold is finally broken.
Second, the education of young people is from an era of the Industrial Revolution. The problem is that we are now in the Silicon Revolution. The expensive university degrees are not going to lead anywhere. Many young people are frustrated. Frustration often has them end up wanting to dissolve themselves into a ‘mass movement’.
The first reason shows why there will be no long term liberal future. A good example of this phenomenon is in Europe as young people see the fraud of Socialism and don’t want to live their lives support old people. The second reason illustrates how young frustrated people can be easily manipulated.
However, mass movements cut both ways. When people got tired of being Nazis, they became Communists. When they got tired of being Communists, they became Anti-Communists. You get the picture. When Paul got tired of persecuting Christians, he became the most pious ‘believer’ of that faith.
In the long term, young people will end up siding against the government due to Social Security et all which they ALL understand. They don’t want to be taxed to pay for baby boomers.
Older people should stop being pessimistic (including Rush Limbaugh). America’s best days are ahead of it. Do you think greater than 50% of people being Pro-Life might have something to do with the young people? Do you think the destruction of newspapers and unions has something to do with young people?
Always remember that the mission of Barack Obama is to recreate the past. It is no mistake of why he is using Industrial Age era rhetoric. However, that time is long past. Such sayings are not working anymore.
Obama is liked only because of his personality. People disagree with his policies. Presidents are chosen more based on their personality (such as Clinton).
The big, big problem with Obama is that he has no grassroots. He has grassblades, but not grassroots. He didn’t get to his position in office based on the popularity of his policies. He got there by no one knowing what he stood for and him actively lying about what he was going to do.
Obama thinks that the President’s relationship to the people is like that of the potter and the clay. He will MOLD people to be what he wants! He literally believes life, liberty, and society exist because politicians made laws (instead of acknowledging the opposite, that politicians made laws because life, liberty, and society existed beforehand).
People love the teleprompter. But nothing Obama is doing is making him any popular but the opposite. Obama isn’t changing any minds on his policies. He isn’t going to reshape anything.
Obama Presidency will be, to historians, a classic example of rejection of Rousseau in Lockean America.
Aquabird,
you touched on some very interesting points.
I think his popularity is largely due to his cult of personality. As soon as the conservatives (note I didn’t say Republicans) figure out a way to market their platform I think they will be a winner. I remember back to being a college student and thinking that the last thing I wanted to be was a robot following the dictates of “the system”. To be conservative in this climate is to be a true rebel and that is how we have to market this movement. We do not want to be molded/ we are not lumps of clay!
Thanks
Paul (Saul) didn't get "tired" of persecuting Christians. It was a little more dramatic than that. Go read the book of Acts, Chapter 9.
You, my FRiend are absolutely right.
I have five nieces and nephews. All in their 30’s. (a bit older than you but they are paving the way). Out of the five, only one is a lib.
The other four are conservatives. They have wacko lib mothers too.
It’s the baby boomers that are the problem and I’m one of them. I can’t stand the hippies and now even more since they are hitting the senior years.
Lockean America?
I’ll believe it when I see it!
Nice write-up, tho!
CA....
Excellent post, thank you.
American people don't believe Obama has a clue on the economy