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U.S. high school student: "Why Gen Z needs to tune in beyond the memes" (www.smdailyjournal.com)

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"As young people, we’re poised to inherit a world that needs thoughtful, informed leadership more than ever. But if we’re not even willing to watch a debate, how can we expect to take on that responsibility? We owe it to ourselves — and to one another — to do better, to look beyond influencers and viral videos, and to engage deeply with the issues that truly matter. Even Taylor Swift, in her endorsement, urged us to “do your research.” If we don’t, we risk becoming not just uninformed voters, but a generation that’s lost sight of what it truly means to be part of a democracy."

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[–] Didros@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

I think you are making a lot of good points here, but in a really, "I'm just a simple country farmer" sorta tone. We didn't get here on accident. When I was young Obama ran for office and he is consistently still the youngest political figure we see doing anything. We have systemically leaned into old white men so hard in the last ten years that it feels like a joke.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/ln4ffu/average_age_of_us_politicians_for_100_years_the/

The age of our politicians has begun to skyrocket. The AVERAGE senators should not be 64 years old, I don't think a single American would argue it should be. But it is.