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rdubwiley

(518 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2013, 05:06 PM Oct 2013

Why Young People Are Losing Faith in American Politics

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Why Young People Are Losing Faith in American Politics (Original Post) rdubwiley Oct 2013 OP

Won't watch your video, but I heard this same shit about "young people" before the 2012 elections. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #1

Eh rdubwiley Oct 2013 #2

Then they're irrelevant. I know folks like Greenwald has endorsed such a strategy, but young Dems.. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #3

I think it has a little to do with the points you cite. I think it has much more to do boomersense Oct 2013 #4

hmmm rdubwiley Oct 2013 #5

K&R and we will no doubt see who is right ... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #6

Rdub, your points of the youth are somewhat true, but econ has larger influence, let alone the comin drynberg Oct 2013 #7

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Tarheel_Dem

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1. Won't watch your video, but I heard this same shit about "young people" before the 2012 elections.

Reply to rdubwiley (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 05:14 PM

Oct 2013

As I did then, I call bullshit!

rdubwiley

(518 posts)

2. Eh

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 06:15 PM

Oct 2013

Except the youth vote did decline, and there are polls suggesting an enthusiasm gap.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)

3. Then they're irrelevant. I know folks like Greenwald has endorsed such a strategy, but young Dems..

Reply to rdubwiley (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 06:38 PM

Oct 2013

are much smarter than he is, which doesn't take much.

boomersense

(147 posts)

4. I think it has a little to do with the points you cite. I think it has much more to do

Reply to rdubwiley (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 07:19 PM

Oct 2013

with the protracted recession/depression; the lack of jobs; the declining middle class and other stuff, which is too exacerbating to mention here. It can't last the way it is now. I'm in the camp that believes we will divide into five or six polities within 20 years, much like the Russian professor wrote about years ago. Can't last like this. We move closer to armed revolt daily.

rdubwiley

(518 posts)

5. hmmm

Reply to boomersense (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:58 PM

Oct 2013

That is actually somewhat interesting to think about.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

6. K&R and we will no doubt see who is right ...

Reply to rdubwiley (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:11 PM

Oct 2013

So far, interesting comments...

It's gonna take a lot more pain, IMO...

drynberg

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7. Rdub, your points of the youth are somewhat true, but econ has larger influence, let alone the comin

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Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:50 AM

Oct 2013

Environmental Disaster that combines Global Warming/Huge fires/storms with loss of water due to drought and fracking...we will soon go way beyond cynicism...then the marketplace is about to implode. We will soon refer to 2013 as the "Good Ole Days", I'm afraid to say.

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