The Wisdom of Youth

Dear Reader (Especially all of you Bachelor Fans),

Like the list of reasons why protectionism is a good idea, I have to keep this short.

This week, I wrote a column for USA Today about the stupidity of youth politics. There were many dumb reactions. Of course, this is to be expected. As King Leonidas might say if he were the ruler of a social-media platform, "This is Twitter!"

Still it's been a rather remarkable experience watching people freak out over such an obviously correct point.

In fact, I thought I inoculated myself from the more ridiculous accusations in advance. But alas, what I thought was a feature of my column was for some its fatal flaw.

March 09 2018

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The Wisdom of Youth

Jonah Goldberg

Dear Reader (Especially all of you Bachelor Fans),

Like the list of reasons why protectionism is a good idea, I have to keep this short.

This week, I wrote a column for USA Today about the stupidity of youth politics. There were many dumb reactions. Of course, this is to be expected. As King Leonidas might say if he were the ruler of a social-media platform, "This is Twitter!"

Still it's been a rather remarkable experience watching people freak out over such an obviously correct point.

In fact, I thought I inoculated myself from the more ridiculous accusations in advance. But alas, what I thought was a feature of my column was for some its fatal flaw.

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