The thing you need to understand about Millenials and younger folks is there has never been an American politician with realistic or even appealing ideas for our entire adult lives. But everyone older than us has been telling us we're "unrealistic" for expecting actual solutions rather than more procedural delays in the face of climate collapse.
The "unrealistic option" is and always has been to keep doing the same shit and expecting the world to not continue falling apart.
My whole childhood it was like "wow these kids today are learning so much with computers! They'll lead us into a brand new society!" and then as soon as we started actually doing that in the Occupy Era everyone was like "Whoa now, this is pretty utopian."
Like the only utopianism I see here is the attitude that capitalism will meaningfully reform itself, you fucks.
@sidereal GenX here; neither have I.
That said, I hope you'll read this article I wrote up about_why_ it's been like this, and why things _can_ change now.
@moira @sidereal Also firmly GenX, and there's been almost none even here in Australia, and it's been getting worse and worse as this century progresses.
After living through the rush of optimism at the end of the Cold War, this current return to much the same mood, only worse, has hit even harder.
And things are *still* getting worse, as is politics, the media, the economy, etc, etc, etc.
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