Posted on 02/19/2020 7:15:17 AM PST by karpov
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The youngest voters haven’t always leaned left. In 1984 Ronald Reagan won 61% of voters under 25, more than his 59% of the popular vote. Something deeper, specific to our time, is at work.
Consider the formative experiences of adults 30 and younger. For them, the Cold War exists only in history books—which they didn’t necessarily read. High schools in only 31 states require a yearlong U.S. history course. Throughout their adolescence and young adulthood, they have seen their country embroiled in Middle Eastern wars triggered by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Intelligence shortfalls and security failures opened the door to these attacks; outright intelligence failures paved the way for the invasion of Iraq; and the inability of three administrations to define clear, achievable goals in Afghanistan explains why today’s 18-year-olds have spent their entire lives with American troops in Kabul and Kandahar.
Next came the financial collapse of 2008 and the ensuing 2007-09 recession, the deepest downturn since the 1930s. As today’s 30-year-olds entered college that fall, they experienced sharply rising tuition as cash-strapped state governments slashed aid to public higher education, forcing them and their families to assume unprecedented amounts of student debt. They emerged from college to find a depressed labor market that forced many to take low-paying jobs that made no use of the skills they had acquired. They struggled to repay their loans. They responded by postponing marriage and home purchases, and returned in record numbers to live with their parents.
Even as the economy has improved in recent years, many young Americans haven’t felt the benefits. Figures from the New York Federal Reserve show that median incomes for college graduates have declined since 2015 and that the bottom half of college graduates are earning about 10% less than the same cohort
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More like many weren't taught history, and that was by design.
They’ve been taught by Howard Zinn’s Communist History of America.
The housing collapse was by design. Ask Barney Frank who opposed Bush’s attempts at investigating their books. Ask Jamie Gorelick who oversaw the changes that led to the 9/11 attacks and got $25million from Fannie or Freddie
The country has been run badly since 1988. Neither of the Bushes were looking out for our interests. Nor Clinton. Nor Obama. We have been in a long decline as our national wealth is siphoned off to help foreign nations.
This has been a pretty tough time to grow up. But President Trump is turning this around and I think people see it. Some of them may think socialism is the answer, but by 2024 they will understand that we have the answer, and its not socialism.
democrat—resonable? Not words one usually sees in the same sentence. :-)
“More like many weren’t taught history, and that was by design.”
Oh, they’ve been taught history, a fake history in which the USA is worst country on earth and all its citizens should die.
They equate socialism with social media. Sad.
88? Possibly since around 65? :-)
When you are lazy and an underachiever it is easy to like communism that promises everything just like their parents are paying for them now.
BS. The economic downturn of 1982 was far worse.
When I was in High School in the 1990s, my freshman history class was heavily weighted in the Civil Rights era. There were other topics, but civil rights was clearly the emphasis. I can’t imagine how bad it is now. Most millenials probably think history only started when they were born.
I have a 20 year old granddaughter that I’m taking to Italy with a group of us gals. She was here last night and we were talking about going. She knows absolutely nothing about the Roman Empire or what happened to it. She knew nothing about the buildings in Rome or what they were used for. And she is in her 2nd year of university!
They don’t ‘get’ history, but they also don’t ‘get’ facts and the value of truth
The American education system is a propaganda machine. It’s no surprise that Americans indoctrinated by it are making dangerous and seriously erroneous decisions.
“ Most millenials probably think history only started when they were born.”
For millenials, history starts every day at breakfast
Yup, many years ago, my kids first grade book taught that the Pilgrims came to America to spread disease. I complained to the teacher who agreed with me. She said I was the only parent to complain. I knew right then how this would turn out.
Tell them that Norway requires immigrants to show annual earnings of $47,000 or above. They are not open borders.
Also show them that Norway subsidizes costs with oil production.
The Green Reds in America oppose all of that.
We’ve had 8 years of Obamunist indoctrination with praise songs to fearless leader lord Obama mm mmm mmm
Praise for communists, teaching that the Cold War opponents (Soviet Union and the Western powers) were equivalent, teaching that average Americans were oppressors and all with no push back from parents. They were too busy with more important stuff.
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