2ish decades ago I think young people like myself at the time were upset with the US war machine (and general government corruption) because we could still remember what the tail end of the American dream looked like and we didn’t want to lose it, so you know we had more civic engagement and giving a damn. Young people now never saw the American dream with their own eyes and America has offered them zero (really just offered them scams and blatant exploitation)— I can’t imagine why they’d give a shit if the whole thing collapses post Iran, post AI. Politicians are behaving as though they will give a shit, they will actively try to turn this ship around, and that’s an error. Which is bad for both because it can always get worse GM