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BlueTsunami2018

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47. Young people are sick of capitalism.

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:49 PM

Dec 4

Hell, a lot of people are. It is poisonous and untenable, it is the root of every problem we have from housing to healthcare to education to the environment. Any system that favors the very few over the very many is bound to collapse and it’s happening before our very eyes.

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Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed [View all] applegrove Dec 4 OP

Old Adults like me say the same thing. gab13by13 Dec 4 #1

Old adults like me stage left Dec 4 #25

Ditto. And some of us have been saying this for quite some time. None of this started with Trump. KPN Dec 4 #32

Vote more. Less than half of people under thirty vote. Get the pukes out should be job #1 Blues Heron Dec 4 #2

There response would be angrychair Dec 4 #18

That's not a valid excuse to me because what sort of dumbass would choose the GREATER of two evils? W_HAMILTON Dec 4 #36

Many are voting as often as they can and still feel this way. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #37

The other half of the cohort needs to step up and give us a government that can work for the people. Blues Heron Dec 4 #42

That's why, once they have the trifecta again, Dems must: Fiendish Thingy Dec 4 #3

Dems should do our thing and say it's conservative Captain Zero Dec 4 #4

Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer don't seem like the guys to do this. Duncan Grant Dec 4 #15

There's nothing wrong with pushing to elect fearless Democrats Fiendish Thingy Dec 4 #23

+1 leftstreet Dec 4 #38

This drives a lot of what we have seen Renew Deal Dec 4 #5

College is now more of a driver of being in debt Bettie Dec 4 #14

Do you feel like their college was a waste of money then? MichMan Dec 4 #39

No, I don't think it was a waste of money Bettie Dec 4 #41

They should start working now if they want Medicare for All by the time they retire librechik Dec 4 #6

Young people are not stupid. The Madcap Dec 4 #7

They're mixed just like any other group BaronChocula Dec 4 #34

And they are correct. Now what are we going to DO about it? And HOW? RockRaven Dec 4 #8

Yes GreatGazoo Dec 4 #11

Great to see his work named here! mahina Dec 4 #19

They're right. Baitball Blogger Dec 4 #9

So of course they want to organize and fix it? GreatGazoo Dec 4 #10

During Thanksgiving I was around some 27 year olds who blame both parties for their unhappiness. kimbutgar Dec 4 #12

Duh. Any system where Donald Trump is elected president, twice, has failed. nt SunSeeker Dec 4 #13

THIS orangecrush Dec 4 #22

Girl, same. angrychair Dec 4 #16

Smart kids. Kid Berwyn Dec 4 #17

Did they vote? mcar Dec 4 #20

No shit orangecrush Dec 4 #21

Shore up Social Security with a focus Prairie_Seagull Dec 4 #24

Young people are spot on in that regard as the government has fallen to much into the grip of the wealthy. cstanleytech Dec 4 #26

And what did they say that they were going to do about it? ... littlemissmartypants Dec 4 #27

Our own *electorate* has completely failed. We have had ample opportunities LeftinOH Dec 4 #28

So listening to Joe Rogan didnt fix things Johonny Dec 4 #29

Hope they actually get out and vote tinrobot Dec 4 #30

"only about half of all young adults say they will probably or definitely vote next year" betsuni Dec 4 #31

No kidding, look at all those greedy dinosaurs in Congress! Owens Dec 4 #33

But record numbers becoming billionaires moondust Dec 4 #35

It has certainly failed most of them Warpy Dec 4 #40

I was making $25,000 per year when I was 40.... mike_c Dec 4 #43

And yet they fail edhopper Dec 4 #44

Has the "on the right track" survey ever came back saying that we were? Wounded Bear Dec 4 #45

I would hate to be in my 20s at these times. It would all feel just so useless. Housing costs are so high beaglelover Dec 4 #46

Young people are sick of capitalism. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 4 #47