Re: Why are so many college students far-left liberals or socialists?
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Isn't this one pretty obvious?
If you are not deeply religious and don't have children, what attraction does social conservatism have?
If you don't have much in the way of financial assets, responsibilities, or income, what attraction does economic conservatism have?
Unless you are indoctrinated into a particular tradition as a child, I don't understand why any college student would be a conservative.
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Well, I think the problem from the OP's perspective isn't "why are college students leftists instead of conservatives" but rather "why are college students big-state liberals/state socialists instead of anarchists, libertarians, etc".
Personally, as both a "far-left liberal" and a libertarian anarchist, I'm glad that college students aren't conservatives--but I do find it distressing that most college students see big-state liberalism as the only alternative to religious conservatism.
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