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Proof-Variation7005 t1_itvfukf wrote

Reply to comment by Accurate-Historian-7 in Young voters are so important by mooscaretaker

I get the gripe but I don't think you can dismiss the old politicians or past results of elections without pointing out the culpability of young people in perpetuating that by disengaging or choosing to not participate. That's part of why those old people who are so disconnected keep getting elected and staying in office.

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do_not_engage t1_itwjx2l wrote

...you're blaming people who couldn't vote 20 years ago for politicians that have been in power for 20 years?

...you're blaming this generation of young people for the young people of the 90s?

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_itwu2si wrote

You're misreading me. "Young people" means people who are young at a given time. This isn't about 1 specific generation, much less the current one.

It's every generation and nothing's really going to change until that 18-24 voting bloc shows up and forces it to change going forward. Each successive one is a little screwed by the previous one.

If that 18-24 year old group started showing up at the 75% rate that senior citizens showed up at, it'd take exactly 1 election cycle to break that trend.

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