Rose, heck, the author’s peering through Cabernet glasses.
The current younger generation is breathlessly ignorant. They don’t know liberty, they don’t know history, and they don’t know they don’t know, though they probably think Disney’s Pocahontas was the first to say that.
We're trying our best in the NHN household. My 11 YO son is very conservative, and I continue to teach him history as the opportunity arises.
When he was in 1st grade, his teacher remarked to me that "he knew more about The Alamo than I did."
This summer's history lesson revolved around Route 66, the "Mother Road", as our vacation spent a few days on IH-40 from Amarillo to Kingman AZ. Of course, we stopped at the "Standin' on the Corner" park in Winslow, AZ. There's a statue of a man standing on the corner, with a flatbed Ford parked nearby.
Since it was just the two of us for most of the trip, we had many hours to just talk, and he asked dozens of questions about the history and significance of Route 66.
I can't recall a more enjoyable vacation in my entire life. A week in Southern Utah, six national parks/monuments, horesback riding in Monument Valley and Bryce Canyon, canyoneering outside Zion NP. The trip back took us through Williams (train to Grand Canyon), Sedona, and Tombstone (more history).
“...breathlessly ignorant.”
I agree. How can such a people remain free?
The yute are deceived and buy the lies. This cannot last indefinitely. I expect an economic downturn due to the liberal fiscal policies. Dependents of the state will starve and pay the penalty for their lack of foresight. Then all those guns and all that ammo will permit some to protect themselves from the massive civic unrest that will follow.
The question remains: who will be the bigger threat? Rioters or the govt which try to restore order?