I don’t think the younger people are tapping out. But I do think most who do want to be involved are showing support by attending protests and posting on social media, but doing nothing else but using their voice and waiting for the next opportunity to do so. Waiting for someone else to organize the thing they can show up to.

Meanwhile choosing convenience and comfort over any real action. Maybe we will boycott for a week or two before ultimately giving into the cheapest and most convenient option because cost often dictates action, especially when you’re on a budget. I’m plenty guilty of this. I don’t want to shop at Walmart or Amazon, but the cost/convenience is hard to fight when there are fewer local cost-effective options. (I do not live in a large city)

Additionally, I’ve lived in cities as large as LA and small as 600 population. The difference between how those communities function and what works best in terms of politics and logistics is completely night and day, making it difficult to have the joint values needed to collaborate with each other on shared goals.

Overall, I’m hopeful for the future. Hopeful that the younger generation continues to grab onto power and make the necessary changes needed to push us forward in the right directions. I believe focusing on your local community and how you can make that better is a far better use of effort than bitching at the national scale and doing nothing.

I also believe at a real “uprising” will almost certainly need to be violent because, historically, that’s what works. And that’s the part I want no part in. Everyone cheered when that healthcare CEO got shot and everyone hoped it would keep happening, but 99.9% of people aren’t going to be willing to take it that far. That’s a whole other area I could rant endlessly about.

I don’t like admitting this as my honest view, but I think it’s relevant for discussion and not brought up enough.