Ali: How Marxist ideology hijacked student debt and the American Dream
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Commentary, COURAGE.MEDIA
David Friedberg’s recent All-In podcast argument sounds convincing: student debt creates desperate graduates, financial stress drives political radicalism, and young Americans embrace socialism because capitalism failed them economically. The analysis captures real and understandable pain but overlooks the underlying mechanisms.
Zohran Mamdani reportedly owes at least $200,000 from his college years. He studied African Studies and graduated without a job, but now he’s winning elections as a socialist candidate in New York City. Friedberg connects the financial dots, but the ideological picture remains invisible.
In 1990s Uganda, a young boy and his family fled tyranny. They came to the United States seeking a new beginning. What ...