It is an axiom of modern politics that young people are always more Liberal than their parents. According to received notions about the inevitable drift of everything toward the utopia of collectivism, rebellion is thought to be exclusively a matter of outflanking the old folks on the left.
In an era when Liberalism itself is a flagging orthodoxy, this assumption presents some obvious difficulties. Signs keep turning up that certain young people, made restless by the Liberal decadence, have taken an increasing interest in conservatism. But since that sort of thing doesn’t fit the old assumptions and is also tactically embarrassing, it is generally ignored. True youthful rebellion of a more comfortable sort must be around here somewhere, if only we keep looking for it.
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