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This fucking apathy drives me nuts! The âyutesâ get screwed but they do nothing about it.
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It is up to the parents to encourage their youth to vote. My husband and I started voting when we were young and have never missed a vote yet. If young people donât vote than they should understand that what they complain about will definitely happen and nobody will be to blame except themselves. I mean if the people in Afghanistan braves bombs to vote you would think that people here in the US would appreciate the price that Americans have paid for them to have the right to vote. I am ashamed of anyone republican or democrat who donât vote.
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âItâs been clear for some time now that young people are growing more disillusioned and disconnected from WashingtonâŚThereâs an erosion of trust in the individuals and institutions that make government workâ
GOP/Teatrolls: Mission Fucking Accomplished.
BTW, this new comment system is poop.
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A big part of the GOPâs obstructionist agenda is the frustration/disillusionment/surrender/apathy process.
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Next up: GOP/Teatrolls claim the results are because the ACA âscrewedâ healthy young people.
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OH yeah, most young people have the next two yearâs worth of activities carefully planned. I know I did at 18.
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Strange how older, White, blue collar people donât seem to succumb to that process.
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One of the reasons I was so ripsht at Russell Brand for that bit of nonsense he passed on in his interview last year (?) is that he validated the idea that the world is generally fcked up but the voting process/government is useless and doesnât get anything accomplished so just go onto social media and complain incessantly about everything being generally f*cked up. THATâS considered to be a better alternative to actually working to make government work.
I mean, when youâve got kickstarter, problemâs solved!
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Why is there no link to the poll?
Maybe a message will appear on their smartphones which they stare at all day and night telling them to vote and why (though it appears that the pictured young woman is involved in some sort of GOTV project.)
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Younger people havenât learned the pragmatism that makes âwe suck less then themâ a real motivator.
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It is becoming more and more difficult to convince the youth that a vote matters. When you have the Koch organizations buying influence, corporate lobbyists controlling the legislation and the regulation, and rampant corruption among our selected (rather than elected) representatives, itâs hard to believe your voice will ever be heard.
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Thatâs a great attitude. "Iâm disillusioned and pissed off, so Iâm gonna do ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING ABOUT IT and reward my oppressors.
Thatâs a great strategery for life, young invincibles. Good luck with that.
There is a solution: Put wacky tobacky on the ballot, along with other ballot initiatives that cater to them.
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I suggest that we start referring to Novemberâs election as âAmerican Idolâ. Theyâll certainly take the time to vote then.
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It doesnât help that Democrats donât give anyone any reason to vote for them. Any time they win a mandate at the ballot box, they simply piss it away; they donât even pretend.
Why waste a vote on a Democrat when you know in advance that they arenât even going to try. At least Republicans pay lip service to those who vote for them. Democrats, once elected, only run away from their supporters.
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Thatâs some high quality concern troll jujitsu, there, bub. Most impressive.
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That is bullshit. Out and out bullshit. The Dems are not perfect but they HAVE been trying. They cannot succeed when they have a 100% obstructionist congress. Nothing has happened in Congress because the GOP wonât allow it. The GOP isnât just an opposition party, theyâre obstructionist in the extreme.
People like you make me so fucking mad. OK - youâre so knowledgeable about the political process, what do you recommend the Dems do EXACTLY? Bring machine guns and wipe out the GOP?? You say the Dems havenât even tried. Really? You havenât read any blogs to see what legislation Dems have been trying to get passed.
On the one hand, you say the Dems wonât even try to do something for their base. On the other hand, you say the GOP will at least give âlip serviceâ to their base and thatâs why the GOP wins. Please send Harry Reid an e-mail saying to start giving lip service to the Dems base and that itâll be a sure fire winner.
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Same with the poor, with minorities, with pretty much every demographic group that is perpetually screwed by GOP policies.
Well, âback thenâ us âolder, White, blue collar peopleâ felt a sense of security with a real path to a better life than our parents. The American Dream was alive and thriving âback thenâ for most Americans. Sure, today kids would rather bitch about it on-line but look at what they see; both their college educated parents having to work just to get by in careers that barely pay enough to support a family (with the threat of being unemployed at any moment), a political environment where no one with the means goes to jail, massive student debt, Imperial America bombing half a dozen countries at the same time, and the big lie about American exceptionalism best-country-on-earth blah blah blah. Theyâre far from stupid or lazy, they simply size up the current situation and say âbullshitâ. And NO, it wasnât always like this. Itâs far worse now.
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