Suckers!
They fell for the hope and change and transparency, too. Fools!
Maybe they became a little wiser in the ways of the world after this experience. That is why many young Democrats become conservative as they get older.
Most young idealists fall for the left’s siren song of
“don’t you want to help people?”
Of course they do, we all do. At their age, though, they lack the resources (or the gumption) to do so and like the idea of “doing it through the government”.
Advocacy-based righteousness.
Some mature out of it, some don’t.