Charlotte Alter's book focused on Millennial's and their views on politics. It was written in a more optimistic tone, but in the years since publication, the author's outlook has become more pessimistic.
The Ones We've Been Waiting For, Millennial's Young People and Politics.
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Charlotte Alter's book focused on Millennial's and their views on politics. It was written in a more optimistic tone, but in the years since publication, the author's outlook has become more pessimistic.
The Ones We've Been Waiting For, Millennial's Young People and Politics.
I'm one of the things that I find interesting is that almost all of the people in my book are still active in politics right now.
But I do think that they're, I am still optimistic in the long run. I think we've got a pretty thorny couple of years ahead, particularly when it comes to democracy. But if you were to, if I was, if somebody were to ask me to bet whether American democracy would still exist in its current form 15 years from now, I would say yes.
The argument of the book is not that young people will save us. The argument of the book is that this generational shift, which is coming partly because your listeners are right that our existing government is so, so old that this coming generational shift is going to usher in a new type of political paradigm.
And I'm not necessarily, I'm not necessarily saying that's good, you know, more Madison Cawthorne's in Congress is not good.
Episode: Mini Show #36: Progressive Wins, GOP Shift, Al Jaz...
This book focused on millennials and young people in politics and was initially optimistic, but the author has since become less optimistic. The author notes that a generational shift is coming in politics, which will usher in a new type of political paradigm.
Yeah, I'm really glad that you mentioned Elise Stefanik because she's somebody, you know, here's the thing. What is always a risk that you run when you write a book about people who are at the beginning of their careers like I did is that things change, you know, there's a reason that most people write like biographies once the person's kind of like retired. And my book isn't a biography, by the way, it's sort of like a snapshot in time.
You know, the argument of my book is not that young people will save us. The argument of the book is that this generational shift, which is coming partly because your listeners are right that our existing government is so, so old that this coming generational shift is going to usher in a new type of political paradigm.
And I think that there are some issues, some areas in which it could be good. I think, you know, for example, climate utter climate denialism is probably going to like be on its way out when this new generation takes over.
I think you're completely right. And, you know, one thing I always feel that I have to clarify is, you know, the argument of my book is not that young people will save us.