Democrats are too old.

[JustAnotherGen]

32. This makes me wonder

Who the specific young people are.

Bernie is our most charismatic politician with the average voter. I know large portions of this space don't like to hear it, but it's true. Go into any political area with Democrats and liberals under 50, and they're talking about Bernie. AOC is probably second on that list, with Crockett and Buttigieg moving up the list.

But the party has a very difficult time allowing space for these people. The careerists have all the power, the hands controlling the machinery, the money and donor base (who are not our friends) to maintain their positions (and all the wealth and dynasty that goes with it) that disallows for movement and growth.

The thing about the 'rising tides lift all boats' ideology is that the Democratic Party Base has 165 years of evidence that this is never the case. Sanders himself has been there 35 years.

Crockett in particular 'Sees Us'. Bernie simply doesn't see the Democratic Party base - he's only required to when he runs for President. When he does see us, he uses language that rejects us as pragmatic moderate oligarchs and millionaires and billionaires. He can't relate to us and does not WANT to. He won't admit that Black women are a HUGE chunk of the working class and the working poor.

Trump wins a second time: Now we have a problem where the party base has moved from 'pragmatic/moderate' -

To I want my pound of flesh, I want blood, this is my physical survival - tear this entire fucker down and rebuilt without ANY of the old bullshit we've had shoved down our throats for 160 years.

Someone on here who joined around the same time I did messaged me: Are you okay? You have gone dark. Yep - I sure have. I'm okay with secession, blood letting, violence - as long as my family is free and more important - Comes First in the new society - the Great Society that Lyndon B. Johnson promised us.

I want a new Great Society - not another bullshit 'new deal'.

The person who wins in 2028 or when the regime falls (seeing Don Jr feels called to run for President so we could be looking at 5 to 10 years to overthrow this regime) - Will speak to the vengeance a large number of Black women want. We've turned the cheek too many times - it's now time to start punishing people.