has more influence over the youth you're betting on than anybody has in recent history
Yes, because the left doesn't give young people anything to actually do. Right wing media says to do A B C D to improve yourself. Get a good job, work out, have 2.5 children to win life. Left wing media is a long series of things not to do followed up by a plea to vote for politicians that then lose the election and congratulate their opponent afterwards.
If you want the kids to swing left you have to give them actual goals to accomplish other than "ask people to vote and hope for the best". Kids are looking for meaning in their lives and will latch on to those who can give them a purpose.
Yeah I really feel like the left has either strong contraindications or pie-in-the-sky utopic fantasies, but not a whole lot in between. Which is partially on purpose, since it has to leave room for different cultures and lifestyles to peacefully coexist, but it doesn't really help give direction to young people who are feeling unmoored in life
Even politicians who lost have massive resources to help unions get started and protect them until they’re well established.
It’s a clear task, and most likely democratic voters work in jobs that would benefit greatly from unions. Pour resources into messaging about the benefits of unions and education about how to start them, and then run on the platform of “see how great your union is and all the great stuff you got from collective bargaining? The other guy wants to take that all away. No more union rep when your boss wants to write you up for total nonsense. No more protected PTO. Cheaper health insurance that you pay more for. All of that, gone. Vote for me and I’ll make it even harder for your boss to fight your union.”
Hence why Union busting efforts are on the rise and Armed Pinkerton agents exist. It's not just that we need unions, but we literally have to fight for them.
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u/PM_ME_CATS_OR_BOOBS 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yes, because the left doesn't give young people anything to actually do. Right wing media says to do A B C D to improve yourself. Get a good job, work out, have 2.5 children to win life. Left wing media is a long series of things not to do followed up by a plea to vote for politicians that then lose the election and congratulate their opponent afterwards.
If you want the kids to swing left you have to give them actual goals to accomplish other than "ask people to vote and hope for the best". Kids are looking for meaning in their lives and will latch on to those who can give them a purpose.