“Far too many millenials are communists, thanks to the Long March through the institutions.”
I wouldn’t go that far :-). They’re graduating high school / college and not finding any opportunity. The socialism babble they’ve been subjected to makes sense to them since they’re entering a world without opportunity and think capitalism is to blame. Here’s the “problem” though ... if Trump wins and delivers, almost 30 years worth of sociological engineering gets wiped out in a nanosecond.
Overall, people want to work. They want to succeed. They want freedom. If they start to find meaningful employment and get paid something resembling well for that work (that doesn’t require obscene FedGov interference), they’ll RUN at speeds that boggle the imagination from the Democratic party.
I suspect Democrats are freaking out for the reasons stated above. The revolution they started in the late 1960s will all be for naught if Trump wins and delivers on his campaign promises. They went all-in with Obama and didn’t get the total change they desired. They got a lot, but nothing permanent. Most of these Millennials have *never* experienced a *good* economy let alone a great one. If they get a taste of a *good* USA economy, the 1960s era Dems are done for.
Given the fact that Democratic party leadership is built around these late 60s Communist relics, the Democratic label going to take a hit for a few years after the POTUS election should Trump win & deliver. The younger ones will certainly bring it back, but they’re not the “true believers” that the older generation was. If Trump can do what we all think he can do, the liberal left is going to take some massive hits over the next 4 years and they know it.
I have a Millenial daughter. She is not particularly political. She took an online poll that was supposed to tell her who she should vote for based on her beliefs.
The result of the poll came back Trump. She was initially horrified, as all of the media messaging aimed at people her age is screaming that Trump and all of his supporters are RACISTS!
(I should mention her best friend is a black female welder)
I told her that “the media is saying that because Trump has said he wants to keep Muslims from immigrating to the country until we can find a way to screen for terrorists.”
“Oh,” she answered. “Well, I AGREE with that!”
I think she will have no problem voting for Trump after that. However I’m unsure how many of her friends will be able to pull themselves over that RACIST hump. That’s big with Millenials because they grew up with friends of many races (and multiracial friends).
Most of her friends were huge Bernie fans, and now seem so disgusted they will likely stay home. Interestingly the girls seem to “get it” that Hillary enabled her husband to sexually abuse women and then led the intimidation and the cover-up.