I’ve noticed a culture on the left and in young people that says it’s very clever to defy common sense.

Take universal basic income. On its face it would obviously never work because people suck and would only lead to inflation, mass elective unemployment, and a huge tax burden. The left thinks that because everyone else can recognize how bad of an idea it is, they’re clearly smarter for supporting it.

It’s like they’ve conditioned themselves to value nonconformity above all else. When their big ideas fail big, they have no choice but to admit they were wrong, or double down with more bad ideas.