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Never mind socialism — the rebellious kids are all conservative and love America

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For years, my classmates and I have been taught that rebellion means rejecting everything that came before us.

Question authority. Tear down institutions. Challenge traditions. Distrust capitalism. Mock patriotism. Treat faith as outdated, the family as optional, and America as something to apologize for instead of celebrate.

That script isn’t rebellious anymore. It is predictable, conformist, and boring.

Walk onto almost any college campus, scroll through social media, or turn on Hollywood, and you’ll hear the same message repeated in different forms. America is systemically broken. Capitalism is exploitative. Christianity is oppressive. The nuclear family is obsolete. National pride is dangerous.

These opinions have gone from punk rock to establishment. The truly rebellious act in 2026 is refusing to believe them.

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Young people are expected to inherit cynicism instead of gratitude and outrage instead of optimism. We have been taught to view the greatest country in human history through a lens of guilt. I reject that.

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