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Colin Delany's avatar

Great post! I just included it on a list of good perspectives on what Dems need to do now: https://epolitics.substack.com/p/ten-good-perspectives-what-democratic

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Jim Mason's avatar

Takeway paragraph excerpt:

“. . . Gen Z Americans . . .[are] stepping back because they feel like . . . neither party is offering a solution to . . . their challenges. The danger . . . [is] that young people will . . . stop believing electoral politics can deliver the change they need.”

The Gen Z “feeling” is a reflection of the nature of the economic issue. The economic conflict is between the ultrawealthy Top 1% and the Bottom 99% of U.S. households. The administration is pursuing an economic policy to make the Top 1% richer at the expense of everyone in the Bottom 99% regardless of their political affiliation. That the economy is a nonpartisan issue is evidenced by the same economic distress complaints coming from Bottom 99% constituents of both Democrat and Republican officeholders.

The “stop believing electoral politics can deliver the change” isn’t a “danger”. That belief is an accurate recognition that trying to find a partisan solution to a nonpartisan issue is an exercise in futility. Neither of the major parties represents even half of the Bottom 99%. A solution requires engaging everyone in the Bottom 99% and that means that the solution needs to be nonpartisan.

This 5-minute video provide an overview of the economic conflict, the solution and the role Gen Z can take in the implementation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFELYEA3rQ0

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