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angrychair

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16. Girl, same.

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:27 PM

10 hrs ago

“Young Americans are sending a clear message: the systems and institutions meant to support them no longer feel stable, fair, or responsive to this generation.”

I absolutely feel this way and I'm an old white man.

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Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed [View all] applegrove 12 hrs ago OP

Old Adults like me say the same thing. gab13by13 12 hrs ago #1

Old adults like me stage left 10 hrs ago #25

Ditto. And some of us have been saying this for quite some time. None of this started with Trump. KPN 10 hrs ago #32

Vote more. Less than half of people under thirty vote. Get the pukes out should be job #1 Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #2

There response would be angrychair 10 hrs ago #18

That's not a valid excuse to me because what sort of dumbass would choose the GREATER of two evils? W_HAMILTON 9 hrs ago #36

Many are voting as often as they can and still feel this way. WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #37

The other half of the cohort needs to step up and give us a government that can work for the people. Blues Heron 8 hrs ago #42

That's why, once they have the trifecta again, Dems must: Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #3

Dems should do our thing and say it's conservative Captain Zero 12 hrs ago #4

Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer don't seem like the guys to do this. Duncan Grant 10 hrs ago #15

There's nothing wrong with pushing to elect fearless Democrats Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #23

+1 leftstreet 9 hrs ago #38

This drives a lot of what we have seen Renew Deal 12 hrs ago #5

College is now more of a driver of being in debt Bettie 10 hrs ago #14

Do you feel like their college was a waste of money then? MichMan 9 hrs ago #39

No, I don't think it was a waste of money Bettie 8 hrs ago #41

They should start working now if they want Medicare for All by the time they retire librechik 12 hrs ago #6

Young people are not stupid. The Madcap 12 hrs ago #7

They're mixed just like any other group BaronChocula 9 hrs ago #34

And they are correct. Now what are we going to DO about it? And HOW? RockRaven 11 hrs ago #8

Yes GreatGazoo 11 hrs ago #11

Great to see his work named here! mahina 10 hrs ago #19

They're right. Baitball Blogger 11 hrs ago #9

So of course they want to organize and fix it? GreatGazoo 11 hrs ago #10

During Thanksgiving I was around some 27 year olds who blame both parties for their unhappiness. kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #12

Duh. Any system where Donald Trump is elected president, twice, has failed. nt SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #13

THIS orangecrush 10 hrs ago #22

Girl, same. angrychair 10 hrs ago #16

Smart kids. Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #17

Did they vote? mcar 10 hrs ago #20

No shit orangecrush 10 hrs ago #21

Shore up Social Security with a focus Prairie_Seagull 10 hrs ago #24

Young people are spot on in that regard as the government has fallen to much into the grip of the wealthy. cstanleytech 10 hrs ago #26

And what did they say that they were going to do about it? ... littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #27

Our own *electorate* has completely failed. We have had ample opportunities LeftinOH 10 hrs ago #28

So listening to Joe Rogan didnt fix things Johonny 10 hrs ago #29

Hope they actually get out and vote tinrobot 10 hrs ago #30

"only about half of all young adults say they will probably or definitely vote next year" betsuni 10 hrs ago #31

No kidding, look at all those greedy dinosaurs in Congress! Owens 10 hrs ago #33

But record numbers becoming billionaires moondust 9 hrs ago #35

It has certainly failed most of them Warpy 8 hrs ago #40

I was making $25,000 per year when I was 40.... mike_c 6 hrs ago #43

And yet they fail edhopper 5 hrs ago #44

Has the "on the right track" survey ever came back saying that we were? Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #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 5 hrs ago #46

Young people are sick of capitalism. BlueTsunami2018 4 hrs ago #47