LIZ PEEK: Angry, affluent and adrift — what's driving some young Americans to violence

Opinion LIZ PEEK: Angry, affluent and adrift — what's driving some young Americans to violence Some blame young people’s woes on social media, which is undoubtedly part of the problem. But they themselves are also to blame By Liz Peek Fox News Published April 28, 2026 5:00am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Secret Service under scrutiny following Donald Trump assassination attempt at WHCD President Donald Trump describes an armed suspect who breached security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the House Oversight Committee demands a Secret Service briefing on security failures. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s 2026, and America’s youth are not OK. if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('tablet', 'lb2', 'tablet-tw-ad-lb2', ''); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1', ''); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } Young people in the U.S. are angry and miserable, surveys show, despite living in the most prosperous nation on earth. They are likely to stay that way. They hate capitalism, despair about climate change and social justice, have devalued the things that matter most, like family and religion, and instead put their faith in false prophets like Zohran Mamdani.Oddly, it is our privileged elites — highly educated, meaning highly indoctrinated by our leftist schools, that are the most rudderless and unhappy. if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('desktop', 'lb2', 'desktop-desk-ad-lb2', ''); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } The result is people like Cole Allen, a 31-year-old graduate of prestigious Caltech University, who allegedly decided to shoot Trump administration officials attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this past weekend. Or Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing Charlie Kirk, or Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who shot and wounded President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Or Colt Gray, Phoenix Ikner or Robin Westman, all three under the age of 25 and accused of deadly school shootings. if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2', ''); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } THE GREAT WEALTH LIE: MILLENNIALS ARE RICHER THAN YOU OR THEY THINK if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('tablet', 'lb3', 'tablet-tw-ad-lb3', ''); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } These are just a few names; there are plenty more. What do they have in common? They’re not destitute, not starving, they’re just angry. VideoSome blame young people’s woes on social media, which is undoubtedly part of the problem. But they themselves are also to blame. Young people hew liberal, which is normal, but today’s leftists are not just critical of the status quo and want to improve it. They hate the status quo and have bought…

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