“But the problem is, if you say that to young men and you remove the agency from them, they get angry and they don’t know what to do with that anger.” The core message of the conservative movement used to be “you have agency.” This is the party of Ronald Reagan, who said in his 1967 Inaugural Address as Governor of California, “There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, and dignity and self-respect, the very substance of moral fiber.” Unfortunately, the right is starting to destroy the self-reliance of young people, insisting that the “elites” and the older generation are screwing them over — and playing straight into the hand of cranks like edge-lord podcaster Nick Fuentes who are eager to capitalize on misery.
Author: Rikki Schlott
Published at: 2025-11-26 22:28:40
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