Guest Post by Karl Denninger
These are college educated young people being surveyed here. Four in ten believe that government should forbid (that means prosecute, incidentally) speech that offends minority groups. One in ten believes Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court!
Is there anything worth fighting over when four in ten of our current generation of college educated kids has no belief in the First Amendment (nor, apparently, do they know what it is) say much less any of the others?
It’s even worse among non-college educated people.
You can argue that America is an idea and worth defending but I’m not sure I agree with that any more. There comes a point where if the people who are going to inherit this land when my time passes are unworthy, as demonstrated by their acts and beliefs, that there is simply no valid argument for defending anything.
Rather one should, in such a situation, strive to enjoy their remaining time, however much it may be, and stick the middle finger up until and unless that vast majority of those who will inherit what’s left change their minds and demonstrate that it’s worth fighting to preserve what once was.
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