Remember the names David Rufful and Josh Riddle. Both are Dartmouth students and both are “Young Cons,” or young conservatives. They do rap. They do politics. Boy, do they. Their YouTube video “The Young Con Anthem” has been up a few days and has already garnered more than 120,000 views and multiple praise.
Rufful and Riddle have done something rather remarkable in many ways. For one thing, they’ve shown the continued relevance of a fusionist conservatism that unites otherwise disparate communities of admirers of individual freedom, republican liberty and American pride. When was the last time you saw college kids rapping in admiration of Jesus, Ronald Reagan and Atlas Shrugged.
And for another , theyve shown in a dramatic and appealing manner not seen since the Sharon Statement that freedom is not merely a universal yearning among men and women of all nations, but also of all ages. If there is another age group other than young people that ought to have more of a passion for individual liberty, I don’t know who it would be.
We will be hearing more from these two remarkable young men.
