h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

heartbreak:
In the United States young kids who adopt anarchism do sobecause they system and the general frame of mind is one encouraging of tyranny, racist,fascist and blankly, banally closed minded.

in the 1980s this was utterly apparent withthe rise of Ronald W. Reagan -- and the mentality that followed in those repressive years was not really 'hip' or 'cool' -- and the memory of Hippies and Beats was a lot fresher in people's minds. So Reagan Youth appeared...and gradually were ground down by the State that they obviously didn't have a lot of success in smashing.

Why were they called 'Reagan Youth'? perhaps it's a reference to what economist Marx called 'Internalization of the state' -- when the Government is there in your bedroom, at your dinner table -- meaning you don't need police enforcing laws because you have become in microcosm that which dictates that it has the right to determine hwo you'll get by.

perhaps 'Reagan Youth' was chosen as a name because they simply saw a lot of people staring at Reagan and seeing him as a 'Real Nice guy'.

and then perhaps later they decided to join 'em when they couldn't lick 'em. It's a scary story and very very sad...