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>"go vote if you want to see change". >It strikes me as awfully out of touch because that's exactly what we've been doing all along, Well this is not quite ri

>"go vote if you want to see change". >It strikes me as awfully out of touch because that's exactly what we've been doing all along, Well this is not quite right. Many people (especially young people) actually don't vote, especially in the smaller local elections that elect people like your police chief. The two party system in the US is broken but young people not voting makes it worse. Politics would looks very different if 90% of millennials started showing up to vote. Dare I suggest they might even start running for office?

colordrops 6y ago
Many young people don't vote precisely because they see it as being an ineffective way to enact change, since the politicians they do vote for don't implement the ideas they ran on. They also see the establishment doing everything in their power to hobble candidates (read: sanders) that are actually honest, consistent, and striving for the common man rather than corporations and other powerful entities. https://i.imgur.com/F9kdJqL.gif https://i.imgur.com/F9kdJqL.gif https://img1.quotesuniverse.com/quotes/01/noam-chomsky-quote-during-the-whole-neoliberal-period-the-last-generation-both-political-parties.jpg https://img1.quotesuniverse.com/quotes/01/noam-chomsky-quote... People, including the young, are demotivated by rigged games.
- throwawaycuzrep 6y ago
  As a young conservative, I vote and my President has fulfilled all of the things I wanted. To me, Democrats have been going way too far left and the left wing extremism leaves a bad taste. When you compare Dems in the 80s to now you get a pretty large diff. If you want change you have to research your candidates, hold them accountable with questions, and most importantly, vote!
- wilg 6y ago
  Is it true that politicians don't do what they ran on? I think that may be a myth. My understanding is the opposite: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-ke...
JSavageOne 6y ago
I don't really buy it. Young people overwhelmingly preferred Bernie to Clinton and Bernie to Biden, yet Bernie lost both Democratic primaries. The game is rigged. Also elections are what, every 2-4 years? That's a very infrequent cycle. Currently there are no elections going on at the moment, so what do you want these protesters to do, wait patiently until November?

colordrops 6y ago

Many young people don't vote precisely because they see it as being an ineffective way to enact change, since the politicians they do vote for don't implement the ideas they ran on. They also see the establishment doing everything in their power to hobble candidates (read: sanders) that are actually honest, consistent, and striving for the common man rather than corporations and other powerful entities. https://i.imgur.com/F9kdJqL.gif https://i.imgur.com/F9kdJqL.gif https://img1.quotesuniverse.com/quotes/01/noam-chomsky-quote-during-the-whole-neoliberal-period-the-last-generation-both-political-parties.jpg https://img1.quotesuniverse.com/quotes/01/noam-chomsky-quote... People, including the young, are demotivated by rigged games.

throwawaycuzrep 6y ago
As a young conservative, I vote and my President has fulfilled all of the things I wanted. To me, Democrats have been going way too far left and the left wing extremism leaves a bad taste. When you compare Dems in the 80s to now you get a pretty large diff. If you want change you have to research your candidates, hold them accountable with questions, and most importantly, vote!
wilg 6y ago
Is it true that politicians don't do what they ran on? I think that may be a myth. My understanding is the opposite: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-ke...

JSavageOne 6y ago

I don't really buy it. Young people overwhelmingly preferred Bernie to Clinton and Bernie to Biden, yet Bernie lost both Democratic primaries. The game is rigged. Also elections are what, every 2-4 years? That's a very infrequent cycle. Currently there are no elections going on at the moment, so what do you want these protesters to do, wait patiently until November?