12-04-2016, 10:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2016, 10:38 PM by Eric the Green.)
The conclusion of the article was: "with inequality on the rise, fake news spreading, and the far-right gaining power, millennial anxiety may not be the most immediate threat to Western democracies."
The article made sure to clarify that Hugo Chavez has nothing to do with this trend, since Venezuela never had a well-functioning democracy to begin with. That doesn't stop the Right in this country from linking Chavez to the Democrats, although it's quite clear that he is much more similar to Donald Trump-- the goon that you guys so foolishly elected.
We already knew millennials were apathetic. That was a big reason the Democrats have lost so much ground. They don't vote in midterms, and so Democrats lost congress and statehouses for a decade in 2010. It doesn't help when your base of support is the most apathetic and unreliable group of voters in the country.
The article made sure to clarify that Hugo Chavez has nothing to do with this trend, since Venezuela never had a well-functioning democracy to begin with. That doesn't stop the Right in this country from linking Chavez to the Democrats, although it's quite clear that he is much more similar to Donald Trump-- the goon that you guys so foolishly elected.
We already knew millennials were apathetic. That was a big reason the Democrats have lost so much ground. They don't vote in midterms, and so Democrats lost congress and statehouses for a decade in 2010. It doesn't help when your base of support is the most apathetic and unreliable group of voters in the country.