Rob Long over at Ricochet here wonders, “Are young people in their 20s too stupid to realize that they are being ripped off?”
And yet: no protests in the streets. No marches. No student sit-ins. No youth agitation at all, really, except for a couple of College Republicans in blue blazers. What? Are they stupid? After all of that college tuition? Are young people in their 20’s just dumb?
At a certain point, as the Bernie Madoff saga unfolded, a lot of us wondered if there wasn’t some blame to be shared with the folks who believed his nonsense, who credulously cashed the checks in good years and bad, who never asked how he managed such stellar and consistent returns.
As a man in his 40’s who is currently participating in the great swindle, I’ve got to say to the kids in their 20’s: thanks for making it so easy.
