"I'm a college student--and I want a future." That about sums up common wisdom as to how socialist Zohran Mamdani (photo) won last week's election to be the new mayor of America's biggest city, New York. "Gen Z voters turned out in droves for the beloved underdog whom they turned into the frontrunner."
This student got up at 4 a.m. on election day to go out and knock on doors for him. She was strongly motivated and just 18 years old.
It's been many years since the average student was taught to understand our own economics system aka capitalism. When I was a new high school teacher, I realized that even I--the teacher--didn't know how to define free enterprise.
What is it going to take to turn that education structure around? Some kind of huge effort. Young people must learn how capitalism historically has been responsible for the growth of wealth: not just for billionaires, but across society.
Besides the fact that they have been educated to approve of socialism and despise America's own system, what convinces Gen Z voters to go for Mamdani? That's tomorrow's post.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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