Along those lines, something that I have noticed among my young conservative friends which troubles me greatly, is that they are only conservative on the topics that they have decided to be conservative on.
In other words, they don’t seem to be “genetically” conservative, or “naturally” conservative, which I think is largely a symptom of social liberalism.
A true conservative’s first instinct is to have a conservative take on even topics that he has not thought about, but that isn’t the case with the younger conservatives, when trying to explain how gay marriage will destroy marriage, you have to start at square one and educate them in history and culture, and the family as foundation, etc, etc, it is exhausting and all to win a single convert.
Why not leave the most divisive “social issues” up to individual states?
It is because they don’t have or understand core values or principles. They seem to be devoid of a principle that they make judgement or decisions on. The response to these questions indicates... they only learned how to take the test and only know the answers to specific questions. They can’t reason by extension or logic. They are confused, they want their cake and to eat it too indicating they are spoiled utopians who have never had to make hard choices involving exclusion of one thing in favor of another.
They are profoundly confused and without direction.
The Reason-Rupe report finds this skepticism of government has millennials favoring general reductions to government spending and regulations:
73 percent of millennials favor allowing private accounts for Social Security; 51 percent favor private accounts even it means cutting Social Security benefits for current and future retirees because 53 percent of millennials say Social Security is unlikely to exist when they retire
64 percent of millennials say cutting government spending by 5 percent would help the economy
59 percent say cutting taxes would help the economy
57 percent prefer a smaller government providing fewer services with low taxes, while 41 percent prefer a larger government providing more services with high taxes
57 percent want a society where wealth is distributed according to achievement
55 percent say reducing regulations would help the economy
53 percent say reducing the size of government would help the economy
74 percent of millennials say government has a responsibility to guarantee every citizen has a place to sleep and enough to eat
However, millennials also support more government action and higher spending in a number of key areas:
71 percent favor raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour
69 percent say it is government’s responsibility to guarantee everyone access to health care and 51 percent have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act
68 percent say government should ensure everyone makes a living wage
66 percent say raising taxes on the wealthy would help the economy
63 percent say spending more on job training would help the economy
58 percent say the government should spend more on assistance to the poor even it means higher taxes
57 percent favor spending more money on infrastructure
54 percent favor a larger government that provides more services, when taxes are not mentioned
54 percent want government to guarantee everyone a college education
Sixty-two percent of millennials describe themselves as socially liberal, while 27 percent say they are socially conservative. The gap is much narrower on economic issues, with 49 percent of millennials identifying themselves as economic liberals and 36 percent labeling themselves as economic conservatives.
Millennials’ social liberalism is mixed with strong opposition to many nanny state regulations:
72 percent of millennials say large sugary sodas and drinks should be allowed to be sold
67 percent of millennials favor legalizing same-sex marriage
61 percent say abortion should be legal in all or most cases
61 percent say people should be able to buy foods containing trans fats
60 percent want to allow e-cigarette use in public places
59 percent say the government should allow online gambling
57 percent say marijuana should be legal, although just 22 percent say cocaine should be legal
52 percent say either the government should not set a legal drinking age or that the legal drinking age should be lower than 21