"Every campus has its left-wing organizers, but today the gauzy idealism that circulated among teenagers in the 1960s seems almost freakishly anomalous. According to a recent U.S. Census report, 79 percent of college freshmen in 1970 said that 'developing a meaningful philosophy of life' was among their goals, whereas only 36 percent said becoming wealthy was a high priority. By contrast, in 2005, 75 percent of incoming students listed 'being very well off financially' among their chief aims."
In a 2007 Washington Post article, John McMillian offers answers as to why young people today are not protesting the Iraq War.
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