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America's Lost Generation & the Bernie Phenomenon (Original Post) thomhartmann Mar 2016 OP
DU Scuba gets a shout-out at the 2:07 mark. Wilms Mar 2016 #1
READ ^THIS^ Millennials, plus parents, relatives, friends & neighbors for Bernie. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #2
Hartmann should look around and get some perspective Politicub Mar 2016 #3
I don't think you know who the Democratic party stands for now zalinda Mar 2016 #5
Thanks for link. 840high Mar 2016 #15
Obviously he doesn't mean zentrum Mar 2016 #6
+1 The very scary reality. They are also facing chronic and premature diseases appalachiablue Mar 2016 #9
No job security, that was Alan greedspans favorite saying, about creating a certain degree of Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #11
I think you underestimate the level of disgust younger people have for the democratic party. fbc Mar 2016 #8
they are lost to the DNC ish of the hammer Mar 2016 #18
i have 3 millenial sons Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #19
KnR SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #4
Right on Scuba! Phlem Mar 2016 #7
Pretty cool, huh libodem Mar 2016 #13
Scuba 840high Mar 2016 #16
Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption cantbeserious Mar 2016 #10
I am surely serious about the accuracy of your post! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #12
He certainly is, the only antidote.. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #14
K&R! Duval Mar 2016 #17

appalachiablue

(41,168 posts)
2. READ ^THIS^ Millennials, plus parents, relatives, friends & neighbors for Bernie.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 05:20 PM
Mar 2016

The End of Secure Jobs, Careers & Benefits, Welcome to the New Uber Economy of Task Rabbit, On Call, Temp Jobs.
A Rotten legacy...The American Dream Finale, Unless There Are Huge Changes, Now.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
3. Hartmann should look around and get some perspective
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 05:35 PM
Mar 2016

Millenials are the largest group in the US labor market and are projected to be half of the global labor force by 2020. They are the most diverse, educated and ambitious generation America has ever seen.

About half of millenials are democrats or lean democratic. Thirty-four percent lean toward the GOP.

Is your premise that millenials won't recognize the stark difference between the democratic and republican candidates come November and sit out the election should it not be Bernie?

I guess I give this highly educated generation more credit than Thom Hartmann does. They're not lost at all.

zalinda

(5,621 posts)
5. I don't think you know who the Democratic party stands for now
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 05:46 PM
Mar 2016

You have to be in the professional class to have any pull in the Democratic Party. Working class has been taken for granted, as in "where are they going to go". Those Democrats who have theirs, I don't think knows what the hell is going on in the street. Millennials have huge school debt and see very few jobs available. They see only 2 choices, either elect Bernie or elect a Republican and let the US fail so we can start over again.

Check out this video to see why.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=149451

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zentrum

(9,865 posts)
6. Obviously he doesn't mean
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

…."lost" as in "confused" and "don't know what to think" or "uneducated". He means lost as in "screwed". "Abandoned".

They are faced with giant student debt.

The environment they live in may be too late to save in many ways.

They will have a lower standard of living and less income than their parents, first time in American history.

They may have to survive as temps, uber drivers etc with no job security.

They face a terrorist landscape created in large part by neo-con policies in foreign affairs.

And income disparity is wider than ever.

That's a "lost" generation and the education and intelligence you attribute to them is making them analyze their situation and the result is turning them to Bernie.

appalachiablue

(41,168 posts)
9. +1 The very scary reality. They are also facing chronic and premature diseases
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 06:34 PM
Mar 2016

related to toxins in consumer products, food, air, water and soil. It's an enormous mess they're inheriting, it's horrible, unfair and has to be remedied or amended very soon, that's all.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
11. No job security, that was Alan greedspans favorite saying, about creating a certain degree of
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 06:41 PM
Mar 2016

worke insecurity. Whos side is he on? A: The .01% and their disgusting "slave owner mentality" agenda.

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
8. I think you underestimate the level of disgust younger people have for the democratic party.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 06:20 PM
Mar 2016

A Bernie Sanders candidacy can rehabilitate the image of the democratic party for generations to come.

A Hillary Clinton candidacy will just confirm that the disgust wasn't misplaced after all.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
19. i have 3 millenial sons
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:09 AM
Mar 2016

They are awesome and they are getting paid shit. Can't afford kids or a house. All voting Bernie cause i raised them to pay attention.
You are the one who needs some perspective

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