> On the minus side, libertarians have no real answer to many of America’s
> biggest problems – not least the challenges posed to US middle-class
> incomes by globalisation and technology. Nor are they coherent as a force.
> Libertarianism is an attitude, rather than an organisation. It is also
> potentially fickle. Young Americans disdain foreign entanglements. That
> could change overnight with a big terrorist attack on the homeland. They
> feel let down by Democrats and hostile to mainstream Republicans. Yet they
> could flock to an exciting new figure in either party. Theirs is a restless
> generation that disdains authority. Establishment figures should take note.
> Tomorrow belongs to them.
>
The libertarian/kook connection with the Pacifica takeover is interesting, but is there much hard evidence of a millennial break for libertarians, other than a disaffection for existing institutions? I thought the yoots were increasingly comfortable with socialism.
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