Millennials get little satisfaction from democracy - Cambridge study

[Jspur]

31. Agreed I'm in the same boat as you.

I'm 37 and I'm pretty sure you are in the same age range as me. I definitely hate hearing the free stuff garbage from these idiots. It makes my blood boil. I have seen houses in my area that were 100K as a kid now cost 300-400k and keep in mind I live in NC not CA/NY where this would be considered a great deal. A lot of people I grew up with are now priced out of buying a home due to these ridiculous price increases.

I have a good friend of mine whose life has always been a struggle but hes always willed himself to get through it. This guy during his early 20's got kicked out of his mom's house and was homeless for a year. He decided then to go to graduate school and got a degree in IT at the age of 28. The last 5 years his life had gotten a lot better with his career and him making good money. He started at 60K when he graduated college and then ended up at 100K at the start of this year. It seemed like things were finally going his way but a month ago Citi laid him off. Now he's currently living with his Uncle. My friend right now is suicidal. He's told me a few times he doesn't even know what's the point of living if he's always going to have to deal with this crap. My friend is a hardcore democrat and has voted democrat his whole entire life but right now he doesn't even want to vote anymore. He said to me the other day "There is no point anymore. Biden or Trump can't help me. I don't see how either will make my life better."

This is a serious crisis millennial are going through. Everybody on DU should be concerned about this. My fear is that our generation is going to become apathetic which benefits and enables right wing authoritarianism.