As an old leftist i find that the young American left is hyper focused on punishing politicians based on things that should be, not based on how things are.
Yes it would be nice if the world was like you want it, but it isn’t. Voting the lesser of two evils is just how most of us around the world do it.
But an example is the whole car free/anti car thing,
Yes that would work if cities had adequate transit and service, but they don’t, and they won’t in my lifetime. It would be nice but it’s not going to happen, ever. So I may as well just vote for the candidates who fund transit instead of trying to find a candidate who is yelling about being anti car
Oh I’m still doing the whole thing like voting for the right people and even volunteering at election time, doing my part, I just know it’s futile. I would say maybe my kid’s generation, but nah. Every new generation takes way too long to figure out the game and get mad, by that point it’s too late and they have too much to lose.
Kids out there protesting and I just think “good for them, but I have been there and so have my parents and their parents, and it never works” im a pessimist because of what I’ve seen, I’m just voicing it here.
Again i do everything y’all ask of me, I just know it won’t help unless we change gears
As an old leftist i find that the young American left is hyper focused on punishing politicians based on things that should be, not based on how things are.
Yes it would be nice if the world was like you want it, but it isn’t. Voting the lesser of two evils is just how most of us around the world do it.
But an example is the whole car free/anti car thing, Yes that would work if cities had adequate transit and service, but they don’t, and they won’t in my lifetime. It would be nice but it’s not going to happen, ever. So I may as well just vote for the candidates who fund transit instead of trying to find a candidate who is yelling about being anti car
Time exists. If you’re not moving forward you’re going backward. Inherently, the status quo is regressive. Btw, I’m old too.
We’ve been doing it that way for ages and it hasn’t worked. It’s long past time to try something else.
Oh I’m still doing the whole thing like voting for the right people and even volunteering at election time, doing my part, I just know it’s futile. I would say maybe my kid’s generation, but nah. Every new generation takes way too long to figure out the game and get mad, by that point it’s too late and they have too much to lose.
Kids out there protesting and I just think “good for them, but I have been there and so have my parents and their parents, and it never works” im a pessimist because of what I’ve seen, I’m just voicing it here.
Again i do everything y’all ask of me, I just know it won’t help unless we change gears