David Brooks: Two cheers (maybe one and a half) for liberalism

This is a hard, exhausting time. But it’s also a pivot point. An idealistic generation is rising on the scene hungering to fill the spiritual vacuum their parents left them. There is a palpable desire for solidarity, to shake off an excessively individualistic culture.In periods of tumult and confusion many people lose faith in systems of change. They feel it’s necessary to take the extraordinary action to tear down systems of power. For example, a Senate investigation concluded that