Unlike previous generations, whose frustration and ignorance drove them to the polls consistently.
This Big Think article starts with "Hey, you. Yes, you. Millennials. Stop twerking for a second and listen up." That's a sure way to gain the respect of your reader! The piece goes on to argue that millennials don't vote because politicians don't represent their interests. They go on to say that millennial voter apathy is because they have "no faith in populism," a claim so powerfully wrong that many of your eyes have just rejected it outright. But the core of what it's saying is correct, right? Millennials don't vote because nobody represents them. Otherwise, they'd be passionate.
At this rate, you'd almost think people under 40 are capable of forming their own political opinions.
The Wall Street Journal thinks millennials are passionate about voting, but that they're misdirecting their passion. Young people gravitated toward Sanders and Trump in the last presidential election, which was against their own best interests, the paper argues. Both of their economic policies would be bad for long-term growth, which millennials would know if they'd stop asking for "free stuff" long enough to read a goddamn book. So millennials don't vote because nobody appeals to them, but when they do, it's because the wrong people are appealing to them. Gotcha.
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