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on now. How it might influence them in the long run, but I'm sure it will. Like, is it

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going to drive them to be distrustful of the government? Maybe. Is it going to drive them

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to have distinct views about the role of government? Perhaps. Is it going to drive them to prefer

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one political party over the other? Maybe. I just don't know. I just don't know.

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But yeah, I mean, I think that's worth noting how the fancy political science term is political

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socialization, like how people are socialized into the world of politics. And people go through

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political socialization, whether they like it or not, whether they realize it or not.

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That's another thing I like to point out to my students. When we learn the term

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political socialization, I always say, guess what? It's been happening to you,

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and you might have not even realized it. But your experiences of the world and your experiences

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of society have shaped your transition into the world of politics, into the world of understanding

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the broader society and maybe understanding your place in it as a community member.

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Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. So I wish political scientists are notoriously bad at making

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predictions. So I should stay away from making any predictions beyond just like the pandemic

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will matter long run, which I think is pretty obvious. That's a good point, though. Well, thank

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you so much. Yeah, great to be with you today. Absolutely. So am I cooked because a pandemic hit

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for me in high school? Really? Am I just doomed? I don't