Outside the Auditorium before Bernie Sanders' Bloomington Appearance

[RiverNoord]

36. Nicely stated.

In particular, your first sentence.

The really interesting thing, to me, is that we're not seeing a generation of young people seeking a different kind of life through drugs, sex and music, like Vietnam war-era counterculture.

These young people are discovering the ways in which the composition and behavior of their government can have enormous effects on their futures. And what are they doing? Voting, discussing politics and policies, and learning how they can best assert influence over a system of government that has become dominated by the requirements of the wealthy.

I know some ex-hippies, and they tend to speak of those days with reluctance and embarrassment. Basically boiling down to 'damn was I stupid.' I don't think the same will come of the political awakening that Bernie Sanders largely bears credit for.