The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal

wilwheaton:

It is absolutely worth your time to read this entire post. It give me some hope for the future.

As millennials mature, we’re learning that education and jobs and capitalism and presidents and life are presented to us much differently than they are in reality.

That’s a general evolution in the early twenties, granted, but, again, I just don’t see the Republicans appealing to my generation by fervently maintaining the same tired Bushisms of the past and hoping no one notices. Honestly, why are all young adults “liberal?” Because there’s no real conservatism anymore. We’re not old enough to remember any kind of Republican other than Bush. What are we supposed to think?

Like any generation before us, millennials have been defined by a series of landmark events: experiencing 9/11 as a preteen or teen, the colorful and diverse corruption and murderous deceit exposed throughout the Bush administration, the Glenn Beck Show’s fomenting of political paranoia and unimaginable partisanship, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the burgeoning global powers overseas, the advent of the internet, the availability of thought leadership channels like MSNBC, Huffington Post, Fox News, and NewsMax rather than journalism and intelligent, measured debate.

We are 80 million Americans who will be defining politics for decades to come and we’ve grown up in a world where politics has become increasingly harder to define. Whatever it is, it’s apparently not a system of thoughtful leaders seeking compromise for the betterment of all. 

Hah! Except for the fact that there’s always a group of young adults in EVERY generation FOREVER who have thought this (mostly educated, middle-class, etc.). And they’ve always been wrong.

Conservatism is far from dead. Especially the kind of radical right-wing social “conservatism” people usually mean when they use this word nowadays, and especially amongst the youth. You’re just looking for it in the wrong incarnations, and in the wrong places…

(via angelcreations)

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    I really want to see what will come out of our generation. There is a lot of potential in our generation, and I believe...
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    yeah, but when people get older it’s common for their views to skew back to the right. hence why a lot of older people...
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    It’s funny though, because all of my classes are filled with people who identify as Republican and some of those people...
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    fascinating read. I agree, however, every generation has its ignorant jerks. There are friends of mine that...
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    This was a really interesting read. If you are 18+ and a US citizen, GET OUT AND VOTE THIS YEAR.
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    This is amazing… I feel like it should be titled “The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal, Not COunting Those Six or...
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