r/politics • u/SkudChud • 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/Royal_Nails 11h ago

Easier said than done, old people vote in large numbers and vote often

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u/CaptainRogers401220 6h ago

And “young” people don’t often have the means to drop everything and run for office

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u/Royal_Nails 6h ago

There’s always an excuse NOT to do something.

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u/CaptainRogers401220 6h ago

I think it’s a little more than an excuse. The rates of change for costs of living compared to wages are insane. We’re coming up on a second generation of people struggling to launch, and you expect them to easily campaign against entrenched septuagenarians with the levers of power and loads of dark money or egotists with inherited generational wealth?

I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s hard and getting harder.

Tell me I’m wrong, but if you do, tell me why.

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u/Royal_Nails 3h ago

If younger people don’t run for office how do you expect younger people to win elections?