From my perspective- the dots connect to every generation starting out not understanding how the fuck nuance works in the real world. And I say this fully admitting that my generation did the same shit.
Bernie is one of those rare people that inspires the future rather than be a leader of it. He is somewhat a leader in his role, but he won’t become president. It’s just not in the cards anymore.
You’re not wrong. But as we get older we also tend to lose the passion and fervor we used to have to fight for what we believe in. Instead, we try to convince the younger generations that they’d be better off falling in line, when in reality we’ve just been beaten down and are tired.
The reality is somewhere in between. As you say, it’s nuanced.
But (and this is probably my beaten-down cynicism) the youth vote will never matter to the degree which it should. They will never actually turn up at the polls. I’ve been hopeful and let down too many times.
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