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This is so true to keep in mind as we (meaning I) try to talk to young people. Their world view is so fundamentally different from mine, even when we agree on so much.
Susan A. Kitchens @susan
Olivia Julianna—
“Gen Z is a very politically unique generation. Saving Democracy is not as salient of an issue because WE’VE NEVER LIVED IN A STABLE DEMOCRACY. You have to think, for most of us the election we recall is 2016.”
(my emph)

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I have seen so many people talk about select young voters and Biden 2024 who say they won’t vote/ don’t care if Trump gets re-elected and here is the context I think a lot of people are missing. Gen Z is a very politically unique generation. Saving Democracy is not as salient of an issue because we’ve never lived in a stable democracy. You have to think, for most of us the election we recall is 2016. Trump was the president for most of our fundamental years— and when Obama was president we grew up with our parents dealing with the recovery or the recession. We also grew up with violence like school shootings. With major global events like the “war on terror” (many of us born post 9/11) and a global pandemic for many of our high school years. On top of that, the major civil rights movements and mass protests of police brutality in 2020. Roe v Wade being overturned. We have only known instability and chaos and violence. For older folks it is different. You recall political elections…
…when the candidates were respectful. You know what it’s like to have a Congress pass landmark legislation unlike ever before such as the Affordable Care Act. (Not that Biden hasn’t but that the perception and makeup is different and it was happening in a chaotic era) My overall point is— young voters need to understand that this is not a normal political system. That the chaos we’ve experienced is not normal. That the elections we’ve experienced are not normal. That we have to build a coalition to fix the obstacles standing in the way of a functioning and healthy democracy. Just some thoughts for people who are struggling to understand why so many young people may not understand the bigger picture. I understand, but unfortunately that is largely based in doing on the ground work in Texas and seeing the results of right wing extremists first hand. Not every young person sees that. Let’s approach them with compassion, patience, and an eagerness to understand and educate.
I also don’t want to undermine the challenges that older generations felt with the civil rights movements through the 60/70’s but rather make the case that young people NOW have also been raised in a time of technological advancement where we’ve gotten accustomed to instant gratification. And also, our parents didn’t feel those struggles as deeply as our grandparents.
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