This theory is based on 20 years of war in Vietnam (1955 to 1975). The draft did not include college students until they graduated. As the war progressed, students began to agitate against the war: they didn’t want to be drafted on graduation.

The above were serious issues in student dorms. Students reacted against university authorities, free speech on campus was denied, and campus office facilities were occupied by student groups.

Theoretically, 20 years of warfare means 20 years of classes against the war sympathizing with the communist side. Students 22 years old in 1955 to 1975 had 43 years ahead of them until retirement at 65. They carried their negative views of Vietnam and U.S. involvement for the next 43 years into every nook and cranny of work activity by college graduates. That massive product of bias from 20 years of college classes is still ongoing.

Do you wonder why our schools swung left? Do you wonder why the Democrat Party has swung left? Do you wonder why our nation is split between left and right? Where did the left come from in such numbers, if not the Vietnam War college syndrome?

Howard Flora

Ledyard