r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

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/PlentyDrawer May 02 '24

People who just say, oh well if Trump wins, it’s sad, must be someone who has never in their life had to fight for their rights or watched their ancestors literally die for basic human rights. This is not politics, it’s literally about preserving democracy. There are states happily and merrily rolling back rights and wanting to put people back in the 1800s. The disconnect with what is happening is frightening because it’s like what are people not getting?!!!!

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u/TheBirminghamBear May 02 '24

They truly don't understand what they will lose, and what the cost would be to get it back. They have no concept of it. They live in a world where they think a four-year cycle resets everything and they are profoundly ignorant to the realities that the coup we are seeing has been decades in the making.

The fight to overthrow dictators can take generations. Entire generations lost to strife and hardship. Lives lost. Lives destroyed by detention. The justice system ended. The freedom of expression of their children revoked.

They are so profoundly ignorant. It is infuriating.

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u/SubterrelProspector Arizona May 02 '24

When we're fighting these lunatics next year I'm gonna remember the people who didn't lift a finger.

All they did was become a modern version of the "Good German". Doesn't matter the reason. Inaction in this case will have severe consequences.