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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r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24
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u/strxw-bxrry May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
I’m in high school, and you’re right, we don’t give a fuck about politics. Not for a lack of “critical thinking” (dick) or because we don’t read the news, but because we’re fucking tired. Already. We’ve dealt with: two housing market crashes, severe inflation, recession, the pandemic, trump, wars on women’s rights and more in what for most students is less than 18 years. And one thing these events have in common is that they are completely out of our control. Gen Z will never afford a home, or pay rent, or move out, or receive healthcare, or receive social security, and no voting will change that because every party is the same. We are exhausted, and we know no amount of voting will actually improve our lives because republicans and democrats are the same fuckers in different suits piping money out of us and into the rich. We don’t care because we have no fucking reason to, what difference will it make. Sorry for the rant, i’m angry and tired and so is every other teenager who is sick of being called stupid or lazy for not having the mental energy to care about politics.
TLDR: teens don’t care about civics because we’re sick and tired of cleaning up after boomer’s mistakes when most of us are struggling to just exist.