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mk  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where Is America's Real Youth Rebellion?

    People my age could also vote too, I know I didn't this year.

If they all did, much would be different.





Cumol  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Who do they vote for? All I see is pest and cholera

mk  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Vote in the direction you'd like to see things move. The center can be pulled, as the Tea Party illustrates. Especially in primaries. Then vote your conscience on local issues and referendum.

OftenBen  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What you're saying, with regards to the US, is essentially vote Democrat no matter what, because very rarely is a Republican option for anything over city council a rational choice.

Get shot in the foot or the hand, take your pick.

mk  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Assuming that most millennials lean left (which they do), then yes, vote Democratic, or Green. But don't discount the primaries. That's where the Tea Party has moved the dial most effectively. If all millennials voted, Dems would be falling over themselves to demonstrate their liberal credentials. Elections are an evolutionary process. Votes are environmental pressure.

OftenBen  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As long as there are republicans there is no reason for the democratics to change. They will be the lesser of two evils until. Quite a large portion of the existing republican voter base dies off.

user-inactivated  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think it'd happen in one election cycle, but if you change the political landscape of your local or state government than you'd be picking people that you felt were honest or educated to hopefully become career politicians. Fuck if I know who ran in my city/state this year though, so I don't know what the canidates looked like.

OftenBen  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd vote if we would fit all elected officials with shock collars.

user-inactivated  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When would they activate? How could we trust that they wouldn't take off or bug them?

OftenBen  ·  3437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When a certain, relatively low number of the population was dissatisfied.

Weld them bitches on, and if you're a public official, all of your official interactions should be recorded anyway.

user-inactivated  ·  3436 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry, I used the wrong word there, not bug, but tamper with.