Fleeing America: Newsweek Wonders Why Young People Are Done
Newsweek reports that nearly two-thirds of young Americans are considering leaving the United States. While the article cites rising costs and political polarization, it conveniently sidesteps the deep-seated grievances fueling this discontent: endless wars, spiraling national debt funding foreign militaries while domestic services crumble, and a political class visibly beholden to lobbying groups
over its constituents. One might wonder if the youth are simply tired of watching their futures mortgaged to fund ongoing proxy conflicts orchestrated by politicians who routinely accept hundreds of thousands from groups like AIPAC, then vote for multi-billion dollar aid packages. (Rep. Gregory Meeks, for example, received $165,800 from AIPAC in 2022; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, $292,800, according to
OpenSecrets.org, both consistent proponents of foreign aid at the expense of domestic needs.) Perhaps the young aren't considering leaving their country, so much as fleeing the dysfunctional, corporate-captured political system that Newsweek and its ilk so rarely dissect with genuine critical analysis. When your government prioritizes military dominance abroad over basic welfare at home, should it
surprise anyone that its future citizens are looking for the exit?