Same thing here. There was a brief period where I thought I could just worry about my own affairs, get a little informed, then vote once in a while — trusting there were adults in charge of the boring business of government, with our collective best interests in mind — well, fuck me for assuming those that seek power would know how to use it responsibly, because now I’ve got to get involved in my local politics and activism just to be a good citizen Ig. But God damn do I wish I could just focus on handling my own personal shit, because that is hard enough on its own, let me tell you…
Yea I’m mid generation millennials. I also took too long to politically mature. My grandmother is 95 and has always been involved with politics. My mom is 65 and she’s a primary voter, don’t think she ever politically matured tho. The silent generation was the last active participant in civics. Got lost on the rest of us.
Progressives would naturally do better in elections if they didn’t have 2 parties spending billions of dollars to keep them out of power.
Progressives need to fully commit to grass roots electoral organization.
Republicans fix elections, democrats fix primaries.
All Americans need to commit to grass roots elections and candidates. We gave away our political responsibilities for convenience
Same thing here. There was a brief period where I thought I could just worry about my own affairs, get a little informed, then vote once in a while — trusting there were adults in charge of the boring business of government, with our collective best interests in mind — well, fuck me for assuming those that seek power would know how to use it responsibly, because now I’ve got to get involved in my local politics and activism just to be a good citizen Ig. But God damn do I wish I could just focus on handling my own personal shit, because that is hard enough on its own, let me tell you…
Yea I’m mid generation millennials. I also took too long to politically mature. My grandmother is 95 and has always been involved with politics. My mom is 65 and she’s a primary voter, don’t think she ever politically matured tho. The silent generation was the last active participant in civics. Got lost on the rest of us.