There was a brief flurry, and also some hand-wringing amongst the hand-wringing left that hates manliness, that young American males think almost daily about the Roman Empire. Apparently nostalgia for ancient Rome is the first step on the slippery slope to the Handmaid’s Tale, or some other horror from Project 2025.
Well, the YouGov pollsters decided to inquire, and while their headline here points to admiration for Rome, the data clearly show that ancient Athens actually outpolls Rome. Something else to ruin Rachel Maddow’s day. (But can we please spare some love for the Huns and Visigoths?)
Chaser—turns out young men are all right:
