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Martin P.@martinobeat.bsky.social |
Certainly, there's a lot of ways this can be framed. My take is that if young people are perennially disengaged, across decades and generations, it means there's a systemic issue with how our body politic engages that cohort. But because it's easy to just say "young folks are lazy" we don't ask why.
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Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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It's part of youth. They're busy, self-absorbed, easily distracted, immersed in the "now", and wrapped up in the romanticism that comes with being young! Developing civic habits requires thought and discipline, not coddling and apologies.
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Ostrich, Booster Pack Blueskyer
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Because they are often coming out of 18 years of their life wherein their relationship to authority was more like cattle to a rancher than constituents to their representative and infantilizing them and refusing to hold them accountable for working for change allows that regression to continue?
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jonnoh
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When I was in my early 20s, 2nd Bush was President following the FL recount sham, 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It felt pointless and hopeless to vote, all while navigating crippling student loans as well. I still got off my ass and voted, because I learned it from my parents.
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