Mark Levin is widely regarded by many circles in the Trump administration. But so are Tucker Carlson and others who have chosen to side with the anti-Israel and pro-Russian isolationist-oriented lobby. The trends among the more mature Republican and Democrat crowd are more pro-Israel. But the younger crowds – certainly the Democrats, but also Republican – are angling dangerously towards the more cool attitude of being self-centered both personally and nationally.
To put it more plainly, masses of young people – including many Republicans – simply don’t give two hoots about anybody but themselves. They care very little about their families, certainly their extended families, and very little about their communities. They care much less about their country as a whole and certainly far less about other countries. They have gotten so used to looking at screens the size of their hands and have lost sight of so much that is not contained within their social media addictions.
They care about ease of purchase, ease of use on their phone which is basically an extension of their arm, and generally anything that makes their lives easier in the here and now. Anything else does not really capture their attention, because they lost their attention span before they were even teenagers watching endless 5-30 second Tik-Tok videos. Thinking beyond the next few days or weeks is rare in today’s day and age.
OK – that is a brutal exaggeration and major generalization which does not reflect the reality of all teenagers and twenty-somethings. But it most certainly is a troubling trend that nearly every mature person observes when they come in contact with the new young generation. Just try having a 15-20 minute face-to-face conversation without being distracted 10 times by one’s phones.
Isolationism on a political level has become popular largely due to the fact that it is so much easier to support than engage in world conflicts. What young US teenager wants to even entertain putting on an army uniform and fighting for their country? They’d rather join a crowdfunding drive to send millions of dollars to make problems go away. But the rapid growth of radical Islam in the West will not allow the problem to be smart phoned away.
Every Western country that does not engage the threat will be hit hard by the reality of the threat that radical Islam poses. Much of Western Europe has already entered the stage of sharp decline. The United States can wake up and stop bullying Israel for fighting too hard on the frontlines against radical Islam. It ought to thank Israel and learn from Israel how to squarely confront threats that are soon to be on the doorstep of the United States.