In the middle of the #MeToo era, our two major party choices for president are an old man credibly accused of sexual assault and possessing a history of bad conduct toward women and another old man credibly accused of sexual assault and possessing a history of bad conduct toward women.
I really can't imagine why young people have so little faith in the current lesser of two evils political system that their elders - which includes my Generation X - continue to prop up.
Young people are the only generation that seems to have a clue about the transformations that need to happen and the backbone to see it through. To my eyes, this is pretty much beyond debate.
They know that needed changes have been obstructed for so long that sclerotic incrementalism - itself deemed too radical and intemperate for most of the last quarter century - is no longer a credible option for the major challenges we face. They actually realize what has been clear to me for decades: the longer we kick the can down the road, the more disruptive and less effective the changes will be. If the country and the world are going to be saved, it's going to be by them. Just hope it's not too late.
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