They're also entirely disenfranchised as a living generation, since both sides of the political spectrum in the US are more interested in fighting battles for c

They're also entirely disenfranchised as a living generation, since both sides of the political spectrum in the US are more interested in fighting battles for companies like Comcast and AT&T than caring about problems like the big corporations actively exploiting the working poor and the welfare system - and being bold enough to put those words into their own presentations without any political backlash - or fixing healthcare. The one time they do hire a guy to fix things, it turns out he can't do it because Congress obstinately blocked his way at every pass. His political rivals turned a compromise, non-universal health care plan into a three ring circus that somehow made the poor think things were getting worse for them, despite how many have been able to get access to healthcare for the first time in their lives. Unfortunately for us, the guy we hired just doesn't have a strong enough backbone to stand up to the legislature and the FCC and the corporations and tell them in no uncertain words that this situation is no longer acceptable. Polite, articulate words simply won't cut it anymore. I come from Kentucky, the state with one of the most successful deployments of the health care program in the nation, and Mitch has actively campaigned on repealing it, right to their faces, and yet they supported him at the polls. That's how fucked up this situation has become. It's quite hard not to be disenfranchised and think there's nothing we can do.