Dennis Prager argues young voters lean left not for money but because they lack meaning and community elsewhere. Without sources of purpose and camaraderie, he says they find identity through progressive causes instead.
Why do the young vote left? And he contended that it has to do with our viewing the government as an endless money tree. And what I said was that I don't really think that is hitting the right reason. We don't even tend to think about money. Those of us in my age group, that is. It's a self-evident truth that the government is a, is a money tree. I said we have a profound crisis of meaning where we do not get other sources of camaraderie or a fulfillment besides contributing to progressive causes and feeling like we're a part of something.
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