It’s the year 2026, and sometimes it feels as if we’re taking a nice leisurely walk through a Museum of Wretched Ideas. Consider what’s happening at home. Tariffs raise prices and restrain economic growth, while the federal government embraces both Gilded Age corruption and a version of the spoils system . A disturbing number of young people on the right are fascinated with fascism . An extraordinary 34 percent of young people overall express a favorable view of communism, and young Americans