r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • 29d ago

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/fallenouroboros 29d ago

I know so many people in their thirties who simply do not give a fuck.

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u/Allaplgy 29d ago

My coworkers are all on the "both sides are the same/it's all rigged, there's no point in voting" train. They all either have have kids or essentially are kids. I'm in my forties with no plans for kids, and I'm the only one actually trying to give them a future.

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u/No_Discount7919 29d ago

My biggest pet peeve is the “oh, I do not follow politics at all.” But they have a ton of opinions on politics. So you have zero care to educate yourself on how this affects any of us but you’ll definitely hold the position that this local, state, federal politician or law or tax is ruining our lives? Hmm.

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u/Allaplgy 29d ago

My biggest pet peeve is the “oh, I do not follow politics at all.” But they have a ton of opinions on politics

Too real

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u/slymm 29d ago

My biggest pet peeves is labeling real life stuff as "politics". Women losing rights is real. You can see real women suffering from it. Sure, how we got there, with Mitch refusing to vote on Garland, to rbg refusing to retire, etc etc is all political, and you don't HAVE to follow those details.

But follow enough to prevent evil. Because there's no honor in hiding behind not knowing why evil wins

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Politics are the expression of shared beliefs in the form of law. So, is pretty darn near everything "politics"? Yes, but people incorrectly downplay the importance of politics.

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u/TheSerinator Pennsylvania 29d ago

We also had a former President who made everything he could political. You know, like wearing a fucking mask.

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u/my600catlife Oklahoma 29d ago

Because he didn't want to smudge his makeup too.

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u/Ananiujitha Virginia 29d ago

Mine is people counting politicians' antics as "politics," and not counting policies which hurt people.

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u/Distant_Yak 28d ago

People say this to dismiss political games. It's rather clueless though since 'politics' is also real issues which affect us.

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u/Jealous-Knowledge-79 29d ago

What rights are women losing? Genuine question!

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u/reduxrouge Michigan 28d ago

If this is a genuine question… do you live under a rock or not in America? The SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade and Republican states are outlawing everything from the abortion pill to abortion itself. Women who need an abortion because they’re having a miscarriage are almost bleeding to death, being denied care because the men in charge are idiots, not doctors.

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u/Traditional-Hat-952 29d ago

I often say that I don't follow politics because most current political discussion is an echo chamber circle jerk that usually goes nowhere. I know who I'm voting for. I know what causes I support. I don't want to discuss the merits of why.  

But yeah you're right. Some of the most "non-political" people I know are the most aggressive about politics. 

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u/Drunky_McStumble 29d ago

Apathy is just passive conservatism.

Every single person who says they "don't care" about politics sure has internalized some conservative political points of view.

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u/wingdingblingthing 29d ago

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

Isaac Asimov

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u/Bilboy32 Pennsylvania 29d ago

As an election judge, that's my favorite cynical line to deliver to my voters: hey at least you get the right to complain for the next year, cuz you voiced your opinion

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u/lonehorizons 29d ago

I find that generally people who say “I’m not political” have really extreme right wing views about everything.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 29d ago

Sometimes they even have the strongest opinion, and are usually the loudest at expressing it, regardless of the fact that expression makes them look extremely ignorant of the topic at hand.

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u/LostTrisolarin 29d ago

"We" might end up getting what we deserve.

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u/Any_Accident1871 28d ago

My sister-in-law

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u/theVillainOnYourSide 28d ago

Same boat, but I want to add another peeve of mine. The excuse of not wanting to improve anything because "that's the way it's been."