The Big Delete

America’s young digital natives are reformatting the country and its institutions

This opinion piece was originally published in Canada's Globe and Mail on 10 March 2025

While many establishment American liberals are recoiling at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Donald Trump’s bureaucratic incursions, a growing number of young Americans now appear to be offering a shrug of indifference, maybe even tinged with…