Civic Culture Op-Ed

The catastrophic end of militant youth Ada Nestor September 29, 2025 September 28, 2025

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For years, our schools and institutions have trained children to believe activism is not a choice but a condition of survival. From the earliest years, they are told the planet is dying, that their identity is under attack, that democracy itself will collapse unless they fight. Not engage, not debate, not persuade, fight.

When you tell a generation that their very existence depends on destroying an enemy, you should not be surprised when some take you literally. Marching, protesting, screaming in the streets was never going to be the end of it. Violence was always going to come.

History shows

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