I don't know about the world today, what people undertand, what people know. People know about the Democratic social agenda of equality for all genders, all races, all sexual orientation, and all ethnicities. This resonates for so many people, especially those Americans who travel down the road less traveled and for those younger Americans who feel that there is no road, no path, that you don't have to fight a horde of demons to cross. Demons and isolation produce a kind of sympathy, of empathy, that makes you see all struggle, all tribulation as a kind of rite of passage into the Tribe of Other.
But does anyone know about the other Democratic agendas, the other deeply held beliefs that are the foundation of the Democratic Party? It isn't just about who you love and how you live. It's about common good.
In my 20s I used to rail about taxes. I think single people hate taxes because the burden on us is so high and the benefit doesn't seem accessible. We are always at war, and I really think young adults aren't ambivalent about war. They either hate it, or they see it as an opportunity to experience life.
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