Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

ELON SHOULD DO GOOD THINGS HERE ON EARTH! OH, WAIT:

JOEL KOTKIN: BEGUN, THE GENERATIONAL WAR HAS.

Although conditions differ by country, the spark behind these protests lies in both the real and the fitfully imagined: high housing prices, food inflation, lack of good jobs and failing education systems are not figments of their imaginations. At the same time, cries of poverty seem a bit overwrought for a generation that enjoys the most wealth in history and, in the West at least, their protest seems to stem from being raised to think they were special, only to find out that the world is not such a welcoming place.

The new generational war is fueled by a deep pessimism among those under 40 about the future. This, noted a 2022 Pew study, is particularly marked in Japan, France and Italy, with majorities of adult parents seeing a bleaker future for the next generation by more than three to one. The United States also does poorly with 72 per cent, while Canada does even worse, clocking in at 75 per cent.

People have been telling young people their future was going to suck since I was a kid, even as society has gotten steadily richer, healthier, and safer. And rioting is unlikely to make a better future. But the people encouraging the rioting are mostly old, and do not have young people’s interests at heart.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THREE DAYS IS ROOKIE NUMBERS, BUT IT’S TROUBLING THAT GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALL DOING THIS AT ONCE:

IGNORE THE NARRATIVE AND JUST DO IT:

HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN:

THEY TOLD ME IF TRUMP WERE PRESIDENT WE’D HAVE OPENLY RACIST JUDGES ON THE BENCH. AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

Related: The Bigger Problem With Judge Ada Brown’s Woke Tirade: She Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About “White Saviors.” Many lawyers and judges harbor the “anti-racist” views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private. “There seems to be something seriously wrong with Judge Brown. Her behavior in court that has been reported in the press is extremely troubling. Her refusal to decide cases seems to be an abdication of her responsibility as a federal judge. And her unwillingness to participate in any disciplinary proceedings suggests something is amiss. I will hold off on opining on these issues in more depth, as I suspect more facts will come out.”

In a sane nation this would lead to impeachment.

But there is some comic relief: “The implication of Young’s defense is that a Latino person cannot be racist against African Americans. That claim is wrong on its face, even under the misguided intersectionality pyramid. The bigger problem is that Young, a lifelong liberal, is unaccustomed to being called a racist.”