Vivek Ramaswamy (unfortunately the Republican nominee for Ohio governor) finally said something everyone else is missing: opportunities for young people are very bleak.
Underemployment at roughly 25%, unaffordable housing, people having to work multiple part time jobs, etc.
If young people have nothing to lose and think they have something to gain they will vote for DSA candidates.
He’s not wrong.
I’ve been saying for a long time that older Conservatives need to have empathy for younger people. But I (mostly) don’t see empathy. It’s all “You spend too much on coffee” and “You’re just lazy” and “When I was your age ...”
This is just NOT a good time to be young. Obama and Biden screwed this place up with expensive healthcare, high inflation, tons of illegal immigration, and other bad “fundamental transformations”.
But if Conservatives are incapable have having empathy for the young, then the young are likely to go full socialist. “Hey, maybe the DSA will care about me ...”
When I graduated high school many decades ago, there were a ton of opportunities for young people. The railroad was always hiring. Plus there were three large steel mills in the area. They were hiring, too.
A young person could get a good entry-level job, then start building a middle class lifestyle.
That’s all gone now. So yes, Ramaswamy has a point.
Trump tried to address this by promising to bring industry back to America. I’m sure not seeing that in my next of the woods. And I’m not blaming Trump. Without the active help of Congress, his plan is at a dead end.
He’s not right. There’s training programs some for free that will get the youths into six figure blu collar jobs