@Flathead Smith: The problem isn't age, it is what's known as extracting rents from a credulous population. In other words, if you indoctrinate people into a culture where they accept far-fetched ideas as dogma, they're much easier to manipulate... Another reason why Utah has the highest rate of bankruptcy.

@gman1023: This does bring me back to the era when a generation turned against American cars. After a Pontiac Catalina and a Dodge Dart, my parents went Japanese in 81 and I still can't convince them to even test drive a new American car. It is a sobering reminder that reputational capital is an underrated asset…