Astoundingly dumb: Gen Z Voters Say They Are Opting Out of the 2024 Election

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94. These groups of concerned individuals have lost sight of how politics in a two-party system works.

I don't believe people on DU dismiss their concerns, downplay the importance of their particular issues or refuse to find common ground. It is difficult, however, to engage seriously with people whose tacit goal is to sabotage the Democratic party whenever they believe their particular agenda isn't being taken seriously enough. This sort of intransigence doesn't work in a two-party system; it's destructive to the whole, and ultimately self-defeating.

Taking the position that you're not going to vote because the current administration's position on student loan debt relief hasn't benefitted you sufficiently is stupid. Threatening to support some fringe third party candidate (the same thing as not voting in a two-party system) because Biden has been forced to thread the needle and adopt an unpalatable position on a particularly thorny issue is an act of political illiteracy. And having to repeatedly explain these realities to people who refuse to listen is really frustrating.