C cancel2 2022 Canceled Nov 25, 2017 #1 Most college students claiming to be libertarians are actually just traditional conservatives misidentifying themselves. It’s because universities still take libertarian arguments seriously.It is becoming all but conventional wisdom that libertarianism is the philosophy in vogue for many college-aged students and young professionals. Labeling oneself as libertarian has become almost as prevalent for this demographic as calling oneself “spiritual but not religious.” One 2015 survey concluded that 1 in 5 “millennials” would describe themselves as libertarian. Time will tell whether these young people shed this identity and become less individualistic as they grow older. However, in the meantime, one wonders if this trend is more the consequence of libertarianism’s style of argument fitting in the current academic climate rather than a product of genuine belief in the ideology’s tenets and conclusions. Read more: http://merionwest.com/2017/11/18/youre-probably-not-actually-a-libertarian/
Most college students claiming to be libertarians are actually just traditional conservatives misidentifying themselves. It’s because universities still take libertarian arguments seriously.It is becoming all but conventional wisdom that libertarianism is the philosophy in vogue for many college-aged students and young professionals. Labeling oneself as libertarian has become almost as prevalent for this demographic as calling oneself “spiritual but not religious.” One 2015 survey concluded that 1 in 5 “millennials” would describe themselves as libertarian. Time will tell whether these young people shed this identity and become less individualistic as they grow older. However, in the meantime, one wonders if this trend is more the consequence of libertarianism’s style of argument fitting in the current academic climate rather than a product of genuine belief in the ideology’s tenets and conclusions. Read more: http://merionwest.com/2017/11/18/youre-probably-not-actually-a-libertarian/
