Leftists and young people indulge in magical thinking. They regard complex sciences and disciplines as magic because they choose not to understand them. They would rather remain in awe of it and worship it.

If they don't understand it but are told it's bad, they're still in awe but regard it as evil.

So Keynesian economics is magic.

Supply side economics is evil.

Nationalized healthcare is magic.

Small government conservatism is evil.

Neil Degrasse Tyson: Magic.

Rand Paul: Evil.

Anthony Fauci: Magic.

Ron DeSantis: Evil.

They allow professors and influencers to tell them which is evil and which is magic. This is where the "I fucking love science!" crowd comes from. Neil Degrasse Tyson is their real life version of Gandalf.

This is why you cannot converse rationally with them. Only ridiculing their gods and wizards is effective.

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."

• Thomas Jefferson