For those who cherish freedom and worry about the future of our country and world, there are two subjects likely to bring a weary sigh (or maybe gritted teeth): today’s media and today’s youth.
Mainstream media has become a fountain of disinformation and fallacy. The “fourth branch of government” is now more a ministry of propaganda than a beacon of understanding, truth, and public accountability. Its PR campaigns for ruinous policies and social agendas played a decisive role in steering our world into the knot of crises that we’re in.
And today’s youth have been the foremost victims of that disinformation and those crises. They have been locked down, lied to, and lured by demagogues offering “free” everything into ideologies like Democratic Socialism that will only bankrupt their future.
With government vastly swelling at the expense of civil society in the wake of COVID-19 and a pandemic of intolerant “woke” culture sweeping through the rising generation, liberty is on the ropes: there’s no denying it.
But as bleak as it seems, human freedom is worth struggling for. And there is hope.
What most gives me hope is the fact that there are many young minds—perhaps more than ever—who consciously embrace the cause of liberty. And many of these young minds are razor-sharp, media-savvy, and gifted with compelling voices. These young talents have the potential to break into new media and become leaders among their generation of a movement driven by the…
