2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm old and jaded. I sure hate to see the enthusiasm of young people stifled instead of encouraged. [View all]dr60omg
(283 posts)For the people who do not understand the pleas of younger voters try and stand in their shoes. For those of us who are baby boomers and Gen X'ers who grew up with some ducking and covering but a concurrent world of a possible future ... school in some states was free or practically free (if you went to a state supported university or city university).
For our children duck and cover has turned into impossible to conceive of threats coming at them from all directions: global pandemics, climate change, yes nuclear war (still), radiological warfare, endless war, the lack of a government response, endless debt in a jobless future. Have you noticed young people getting married later and later and some even opting for not having children. A very bleak different world.
So, don't give people lectures. Their frustrations are real, their anger in real. I may be older but I stand in solidarity with young people. They don't have the time for power hungry dynastic groups that would destroy their opportunity to be and become