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Wow, I have so much to say about this topic. First off...

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What else can they do but ponder philosophy soloutions.

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This probably has a lot to do with it (also why a lot are anarchist.)

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A lot of college students are anarchists? Hahahah, is this a joke? It's less than 10% AT BEST. I know you're just trying to rib the younger ACists on this forum (like me, Shake, BCPVP), but at least pick a spot where it actually makes sense to do so.

Furthermore, it's that they don't think ENOUGH about philosophical questions that so many of them drift into the liberal/socialist camp. They don't care to think much about the morality or consequences of their views/political actions on other people, they just see "equality for all" as some kind of utopian pipe dream.

In my experience (and I went to one of the most liberal universities in the country), there is a huge impact coming from the faculty! I'm actually surprised no one has mentioned this but I guess it was just so palpable at my school. So many of my professors openly expressed and praised world views of "socialism=good, capitalism=bad" as if they were written fact. It was truly sickening and since a lot of college students don't give politics a second thought in high school, this was new and exciting and made sense...and most importantly, it was the only view they were being subjected to. Makes for a pretty smooth transition.

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I'm a libertarian and a poor university student.

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Being a "poor university student" is decently incongruent, especially when you consider the the planet as a whole.

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This argument doesn't work though, because I believe the original point was about a facebook group where college kids (mainly liberals) post in a college group about libertarians being greedy and rich. If most US college kids are rich compared to the rest of this world, then libertarians can just as easy play the "I only know rich college liberals" card. Let me tell you how many radical socialists at my school would bash capitalism to no ends, but could consistently be seen in the halls eating a Big Mac while listening to their iPod. Why aren't you in the peace corps spreading equality? GREEDY BASTARD!