Sarah Durand writes to today’s radical students, advising them they have a right to further their education — but not on someone else’s dime, much less at the cost of bringing down this nation.

Durand, a writer of children’s books in defense of free institutions, takes no prisoners:

I know being a sort of “green” socialist is the cool thing for kids these days, but as you mature you’ll realize that freedom is more valuable than your mojo. One day, you will regret attempting to recycle the Constitution into your own personal political toilet paper through the perversion of the word “right.” Yes, you have a right to pursue a higher education, but you do not have a right to other people’s property (i.e., taxpayers’ dollars) to provide you with one . . .
It’s tough to understand, but . . . your college experience is . . . not supposed to be induction into the lifelong welfare state.
However, I do see why you resist having to pay for school. After all, who wants to pay tens of thousands of dollars to be propagandized by liberty-hating left-wing radical sociopaths? But there is good news on that front. The people you worked with on Rock the Vote are lobbying for the legalization and regulation of marijuana, with taxes going toward higher education tuition . . . Maybe drug reform laws are something you can start working on, instead of focusing all your energy on destroying everything that Americans hold near and dear. I am not sure how much knowledge you will retain after four years of being high, but if it’s free, who cares?