• radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    The problem is really simple to solve.

    Politicians represent old people because old people vote. Young people always want to break the system and make a new one, but old people know how to use the existing system to get what they want. .

    Young people have all the power they need to be heard, but they just don’t take it. They think voting changes nothing, but they don’t realize it changes everything.

    If young people voted, politicians would be forced to take their issues seriously.

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      16 hours ago

      Young people always want to break the system and make a new one, but old people know how to use the existing system to get what they want

      yeah no. most young people I know dont know jack shit about politics. they’re purely consumers who use TikTok, buy Starbucks and shop on Amazon. Theres nothing breaking the system about them. They don’t vote because of lobbyists who make sure they aren’t represented. When they feel represented they vote.

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        9 hours ago

        Hot take- people are stupid if theyre just waiting for someone to show up and represent them. No excuse for not doing your civic duty, let alone attempting to fix something that will make your life better.

        Like a dog- you don’t just expect it to do tricks. You have to teach it.

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          4 hours ago

          you don’t just expect it to do tricks. You have to teach it.

          thats the fun part, thats what theyre taught to do at every level of the education system. Its to vote and wait.