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I have a lot of young friends from social media and online games and so on. Almost everyone of them is behind Bernie Sanders. They feel he is sincere, and benevolent, and are so historically ignorant they don’t get the fact that socialism has been tried repeatedly and in a variety of circumstances and is an evergreen of failure.

I have some young people living with me. They too support Sanders, and are historically ignorant -- or indifferent?

My roommate, who is 27, liked Bernie's idea of "free" college. When I told her it works in Europe only because the college track is very narrow & elitist, she said, "Yeah, but it's free!" She didn't quite grasp the concept of tax dollars.

While I don't think Bernie will win, I am worried that in a few years' time, somebody like him will, given the lethal combination of ignorance & liberalism among the young. They have a terrible lack of mental clarity. Some might gain it later; but many seem irredeemably lost.