Ngl I feel that Obama and Bernie are really the only major democratic figures that actually wanted to talk to the youth (one with false promises and the other with tacit growth of some labor benefits that never actually came), the rest of the dem infrastructure is geared toward the belief that their aged moderate demographic will last forever or not continually show themselves to be right wing reactionaries.

tldr the dems hate the youth because the youth want actual material change that hurts the status qou

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

The youth shall become socialists red-fist

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

There's an assumption among dem strategists that "the left" is locked in to voting Dem and so they don't need to bother catering to them. After all, they're politically aware enough that they're going to vote, and where else are they going to go? I would generally assume they count "the youth" as part of that bloc that they don't need to put any effort into getting onside.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dems have spent a decade telling everybody under 50 that what we want is impossible and we should stop talking and just give them our undying support, and be grateful for the opportunity.

if trump keeps throwing people a bone and making as much political hay about the easiest moves in the world, the Democrats are finished.

not saying he will, but can you imagine if he took some opportunity to publicly shit on some medical insurance exec and fuck with them on a personal level? nothing structural or threatening to capital, but purely making an example of one asshole to throw red meat into the angry crowd.

his project would be swimming in political capital and libs would throw themselves on the fire to defending civility.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

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