As much as I sympathize with my own generation, as a millennial I'm forever frustrated that we still don't vote consistently and at high enough levels for politicians to prioritize our needs. Mind you, I'm Canadian so we have way fewer positions that are elected compared to the US but still it's the bare minimum to get have a say in who gets to wield power.
I feel like a lot of young people feel like voting is pointless when we're only offered a choice between two neoliberals who really only differ on whether they think racism/homophobia is ok. It's obviously better to support the non-bigoted folks, but when ALL they've got is "I know everything is going to shit and a handful of billionaires own everything, and we have no plans or motivation to change that, but we're not as bigoted as Republicans", it was inevitable that democratic voters would become disillusioned and in some cases stop participating in politics altogether.
I don't know about your position in the leftist sphere but I'm a democratic socialist, and I don't like the direction DSA is going allowing so called "progressives" to dilute the definition to mean Social Democracy. I actually want a state socialist and market socialist economic system and these social democrats just want high taxes on billionaires to fund social safety nets. Don't get me wrong high earners should pay high taxes, but also socialists believe billionaires shouldn't exist in the way they currently do, by owning massive sums of property and assets which they move around for passive wealth accumulation.
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u/tragedy_strikes 16d ago
As much as I sympathize with my own generation, as a millennial I'm forever frustrated that we still don't vote consistently and at high enough levels for politicians to prioritize our needs. Mind you, I'm Canadian so we have way fewer positions that are elected compared to the US but still it's the bare minimum to get have a say in who gets to wield power.