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A social media post encapsulates Biden’s young-voter problem. Younger Democrats are less committed to the party in general. (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

If you’re a young democrat and you go to DC wanting to get involved with the party, they will give you many hoops to jump through. They will tell you you’re not good enough, you don’t have the right connection, too progressive, etc. They will then call you a year later to offer you a volunteer position on a campaign in Iowa with no way to make income to pay off your student debt or help you pay the bills between elections.

If you’re a Republican and you go to DC looking to get involved with the party, they will usher you right in to any number of think tanks or PACs with plenty of ways to make money while you help Republicans get elected.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like Republican "think tanks" and PACs have more money to spend

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Of course they do, they are funded by the 0.1% to make sure they keep their money.

[+] WamGams@lemmy.ca -9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So... Are you telling young people to just be republicans?

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (3 children)

No, I’m diagnosing a problem with the Democratic Party. They tell enthusiastic youth to go pound sand when they want a job, unless they’re willing to work for free. But, Republicans have a pipeline that brings people in.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmm I'd need to see some numbers, that could be the symptom of an entirely different issue.

Democratic party could have far more young people showing up to help, but can't accommodate them all as a result

Republicans could be facing a total young person shortage and that's why their pipeline feels superior

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You know this from personal experience, I am guessing?

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I started my career trying to work in politics. Now I sold my soul to the tech industry where I can at least earn a living.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You have to remember, there are always more openings for arsonists than architects. The republicans aren't hiring nobody's because they believe you deserve a free shot, they are paying pennies on the dollars for your morality.

I may not agree with what the liberals are building, but at least they are building something.

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think I see what you are saying but that's a terrible metaphor. Is it an old saying I didn't know? I don't think arsonist is a paying job; there are waaaaayyy more opportunities to be an architect than to professionally illegally set buildings on fire.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

There are only 37,000 members of the Army Corp of Engineers and there are 452,000 members of the US Army in total!

Clearly that means there are more than 10x as many arsonists as architects!

[–] juicy 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And we wonder why the Dems are out of touch with everyday people who live paycheck to paycheck.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

What could we expect from a former SoH claiming her understands our struggles while eating $96 a gallon ice cream?

"I mean it's one banana Michael, what could it cost, $10?"

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The social media post...

https://twitter.com/CollegeDems/status/1785734735085347131

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How is this a "Biden"s young voter problem?" This has almost always been the case among young, progressive voters, that they criticize their own party in an effort to change it. You can trace this back many decades now

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Which is no surprise, considering the party's lack of commitment to issues young people care about.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

I'm not young, but I'm also not committed to a political party. I consider myself politically and ideologically agnostic. I'm not going to limit myself to only one ideology or orthodoxy. I prefer pragmatism to rigid orthodoxy.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm 42, which makes me one of those stupid Millennial children, and the only reason I'm in the Democratic Party is because otherwise I don't get to vote in the primaries in my state

ETA: I feel bad for colorblind folks trying to read those graphs of green on orange.

[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People are allowed to post things you don't like.

[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And instead you're just whining that lemmy has content you don't like.

You could spend a fraction of that energy posting content you want people to see, but instead you just want any discontent with Biden to be removed.

[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You could spend a fraction of your energy pasting content YOU want people to see, but instead, you want anything critical of anti-Biden propaganda to be removed.

I mean, you're constantly badmouthing the mods for not removing what you want removed.

See how that works?

Yes. You want anything you don't like removed, and whine when it isn't. You have a personal vendetta against OP, and interpret everyone else's actions as though they act like you.

No one else posts little pouty shit on every article the person against whom they harbor a grudge posts. No one else whines as much as you do that the mods aren't your pet censors.

And I fucking wish you were the worst lemmy user about immediately lobbing insults and unfounded accusations at people who dare to be less than happy with genocide.

If you don't want to see someone's content, block them.