Thanks for the welcome. And you're right, most revolutionaries go after kids to support them. Palestinian religious leaders look for kids to be their suicide bombers, rebels in West Africa look for kids to be their soldiers, communist revolutionaries in South America went for the kids first (and were often led by older kids from universities). Part of the problem, I think, is that kids are easily swayed by ideology, given their strong (and generally good) want to fix the problems of the world. It is only when they are older and wiser that they realize that most of the problems of the world are complex and multi-faceted and difficult to resolve. I've talked to a number of teenagers who are for promoting any kind of sex a person wants (including with animals). This is part of their compassion. But little do they think of the longer term consequences for those who engage in such deeds, and the longer term consequences for society as a whole. Part of the problem there is that kids are not taught to think much. And finally, very few kids today believe in right and wrong. Their parents do not inclucate that kind of thinking, and the churches have lost them.
That pretty much sums it up. Stay safe.