Why Do the Young Vote Left? – WSJ

It s the gifts. The progressive vibe is that big government will take care of you. It knows what s best for you. It will redistribute money how it pleases. You need to put a smile on your face while it takes away your laurels, guns and money. We believe in the collective, Ms. Harris declared, much like Hillary Clinton s it takes a village. Equity in Schenectady. Handouts for all.

You want proof? Ms. Harris s Senate voting record is leftward of socialist Bernie Sanders. Vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz fawns over China, saying everyone is the same and everyone shares. Viva la revolución and Che Guevara T-shirts for all.

This is antifreedom. Too many of today s youth fall in line with progressives because they re undereducated and overindoctrinated with someone else s agenda. I watched in horror as local high-school biology classes spent weeks on the science of recycling centers and only a short afternoon on mitochondria and mitosis. Profit is a bad word. It s gimme, gimme, whether it s student loan forgiveness, free healthcare or tax credits.

Who s to blame? Misguided capitalism-hating social-studies teachers to start, with Tim Walzian thinking: One person s socialism is another person s neighborliness. Who is he, Mr. Rogers? Add like-minded college professors. Work ethic and ambition are evaporating.

Worse, Pew Research notes almost a third of currently childless 18- to 34-year-olds aren t sure if they ever want children. Why? The Harris campaign s climate engagement director, Camila Thorndike, is among the hesitant, telling the Washington Post, I want to protect them from suffering. Perpetually pessimistic progressive prognostications induce fear. No wonder U.S. fertility rates are at historic lows.

OK, I know I m asking for trouble. Every time I write about youth, I get a chorus of comments and tweets telling me I m an old man screaming, Hey you kids, get off my lawn. Yeah, yeah. Very clever. I m not that old. But in the Kamala collective as California attempted private ornamental lawns are out, and drought-resistant vegetation is in. Progressives literally want you off your own lawn.

via www.wsj.com

Me, I don’t even have a lawn. I did but the rabbits ate all the grass.

Andy Kessler.