Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress

[Warpy]

41. Good, it's about time. Gerontocracy is not a good idea, old fossils refusing to let go of power

although I know some of them will turn out to be turncoat Blue Dogs under a different name.

Nobody is indispensable and every generation has to pass the torch to the next, whether or not they like it. What we old fossils are good for are our memories of somewhat better times and how they were achieved and what needs to be done to bring the best parts back while dumping the worst parts.

We also realize the myth of Utopia is just as pernicious as the myth of race, both poisonous although the flavors are different. There will be cold water thrown on some of the more grandiose schemes, but that's all part of growing up/growing old. We certainly hadto cope with it when we were young and thought all things were possible.

So best of luck, Zoomers, you'll need it for a whiile, you're the most fucked over generation to arrive in nearly 200 years. Most of them ended up doing well, but they had to go through a Great Depression and world war to get there. I hope your road is a lot easier than theirs was.

Posted with hope for a better future.