ew0k on Nostr: 2ish decades ago I think young people like myself at the time were upset with the US ...

2ish decades ago I think young people like myself at the time were upset with the US war machine (and general government corruption) because we could still remember what the tail end of the American dream looked like and we didn’t want to lose it, so you know we had more civic engagement and gave a damn. Young people now never saw the American dream with their own eyes and America has offered them zero (really just offered them scams and blatant exploitation)— I can’t imagine why they’d give a shit if the whole thing collapses post Iran, post AI. I get why they’ve totally checked out.

Politicians are behaving as though young people will give a shit, that they will actively try to turn this ship around, and that’s an error.

Which is bad for both because it can always get worse GM