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Comment by mschuster91

4 years ago

The problem is, many of our generation can't afford to pay for local news that we barely have the time and the mental energy to consume after working 10 or more hours and then commuting. No, cutting our Netflix and switching it to some local paper won't work either, because we don't need to engage our brains with some random Netflix stuff.

In contrast, pensioners have more than enough free time to read the news and vote - as evidenced by just about every voter turnout statistic.

Want to fix politics? Make it possible for young people to actually engage with democracy again.

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tgv  4 years ago

> In contrast, pensioners have more than enough free time to read the news and vote

Not with that attitude. I'm reading a newspaper since I was 14. If they don't make time to read a newspaper, they're just not interested. Don't try to sugarcoat it with some pointless victimization.

  • rcMgD2BwE72F  4 years ago

    How many hours did you have to work to afford a place to live, back then? Did that change somehow?

    If so, how can that affect the time left to entertain oneself and read about the news? Also, how was the news back then? Was it all about making marketing profile and click-baiting?

tsol  4 years ago

>Make it possible for young people to actually engage with democracy again.

Is this really that much more difficult now than in the past? I would think it'd be easier now given that information is easier to obtain and workers rights are at an all time high

meatsauce  4 years ago

We already have enough youthful political activists that are 100% disconnected from the real world.

Why would we want the youngest, least experienced, most ideological, and frequently petulant to elect leaders?

More youth voters won't fix a thing. It will, in fact, make things a lot worse.

  • the_only_law  4 years ago

    Instead we should elect geriatrics, who can barely speak up half the time, or look like they're about to collapse from good old American heart disease any minute.

    • meatsauce  4 years ago

      No, not geriatrics. 40 to 60 year old men and women who have accomplished something other than lie well enough to get elected a dozen times. Each should only serve a max of 8 years before another is voted in.