Potentially unpopular opinion: This analogy implies that the impoverished are a threat to politicians and rich people, yet sadly I feel like today's society will/would never fight back. We have a major apathy problem among younger millennials and younger gens I've noticed.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

It doesn’t matter if the opinion is popular or not, because it is simply untrue.

“According to the Census Bureau, voter turnout in the off-year 2018 election was the highest in four decades. Driving that record engagement in part was a near-doubling in participation from voters aged 18-29. Voting among this cohort increased by 79 percent, with younger voters responsible for 36 percent of votes cast (up from 20 percent in the previous election).”

https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/the-politically-active-generations-millennials-gen-z-care-about-the-debt-and-more/

“Members of Gen Z are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation, and they are on track to be the most well-educated generation yet.”

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-cusp-of-adulthood-and-facing-an-uncertain-future-what-we-know-about-gen-z-so-far-2/

“ Millennials are more racially diverse, more tuned in to the power of networks and systems and more socially progressive than either Gen X or baby boomers on nearly every available metric. They tend to favor government-run health care, student debt relief, marijuana legalization and criminal-justice reform, and they demand urgent government action on climate change.”

https://time.com/5770140/millennials-change-american-politics/

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

It is a education problem imo. Keeping masses in check is very easy if they lack critical thinking and have a tv in every room.