Reply #99: :) we do what we can with what we have. but thanks for the support

[NuttyFluffers]

bless you, your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated.

honestly, there is a lot of young people getting involved in college, and far more than they were around the late 1990s. been in college back then and currently and have seen the difference. running for office, though, requires obscene amounts of funds and time, and that's not something college kids have a lot of. we're running off of ramen and stress and 4 hours of sleep a night. so as delightful this idea is, we haven't a) the experience or credentials b) the squeeky clean lifestyle c) money d) big-name connections e) the time. we can help where we can, but asking this of us, i believe, is a bit much. now, we can try it here and there, but i wouldn't put too much stock into it.

so i was thinking about what i heard and replied a bit and i think what is most upsetting is it feels like the older generation is believing the hype. not only the overblown nostalgia of the past (it was mostly when the blue collar guys and white collar guys got involved in the same direction did things start to change) but believing the dead silence or slander from modern mainstream media. it's like having to fight two battles, and that's just not fair. it's an incredibly bad habit among liberal circles to circle the wagons and shoot at each other. we got to be pragmantic how much a certain group can do and not belittle them for providing only up to their means. it's like crying for a pony and complaining about all your other birthday gifts in front of the givers -- the only result will be fostering more resentment.

outside of young democrats there's a huge amount of youth groups working to stop this. but we aren't at the stage of life to run for office and win as readily as other age groups. sure there's the odd exception that hits the papers, but that's why they hit the papers. so, as much as i love your idea, you might be better off campaigning yourself or assisting another like-minded peer. what would be really helpful is asking surveys of college kids to find out what would bring them out to vote for you as mayor or post master general or whatever.

and thanks so much for your support. trust us, we wanna make a better world, but we're so thoroughly disillusioned with the system we find no other answer besides letting it collapse upon itself or active destruction. that's where the older adults come in. these adults are the system. you're asking us to fight you. why? you have more money, more resources, more contacts, more experience, etc. and if you really gave it everything you got -- and failed, how are we supposed to fix it with less money, less everything else (hey, we don't have the luxury of time. period. except trust fund babies and that doesn't count)? what example of peaceful change is left? thus you see why we feel there is only one solution left, and why it pains us to contemplate it. we'll do it, but we wait for the older adults, who have so much more to lose, decide when they are ready. the only thing to do in the meantime, until the older generation is ready, is bide time, survive, and escape. unless you have a better idea and a plan to pull it off, apathy is the final solution.

it's like sitting at the deathbed of your nation, writhing in pain, with everyone you know and love dangerously interconnected. how long do you wait? when can you let go? are you ready to say good bye? are they ready to say good bye? any last words or actions? choose now because the transition is coming.