tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post6871803919125468953..comments2024-01-10T06:40:26.416-05:00Comments on Chesterton and Friends: Youthful Foolishness: Socialism, Obama, and McGovernUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-76003991874713173452009-11-20T10:42:25.268-05:002009-11-20T10:42:25.268-05:00Me again...just a shameless plug for a (vaguely) s...Me again...just a shameless plug for a (vaguely) similar post on my own Chesterton blog, the Irish Chestertonian<br /><br />http://irishchestertonian.blogspot.com/Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-91241403404281462322009-11-13T06:14:16.478-05:002009-11-13T06:14:16.478-05:00My guess would be that most Chesterton fans were s...My guess would be that most Chesterton fans were socialists in their youth. Sometimes I think the prevalence of socialism amongst young people (when it isn't mere rebellion against the previous generation) comes from an exaggeration of the powers and evils of business (and big business in particular). I can remember myself, in my late teens and early twenties, thinking that all the abuses of a statist system would be as nothing to the nightmare of aun untrammeled free market. Perhaps it's because young people, and college students, haven't really been exposed to working life and rarely have much money, and so see all property and enterprise as the enemy. The irony is, young people are often called starry-eyed, but I think their radicalism often comes more from unrealistic pessimism than crazy optimism. (Always remembering that an optimist is a man who looks after your eyes and a pesimmist is a man who looks after your feet.) Looking forward to reading the book!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.com