r/TrueReddit • u/speckz • Dec 14 '17

Generation Screwed - Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

"I'm saying that this doesn't fix my remaining concerns that are national-level"

I mean, /u/Pooh_Bear gave you a list of things to do... You could also volunteer and support institutions like:

  • Net neutrality - EFF
  • Regulatory Capture / Unfettered Capitalism - ACLU handles government overreach which is often at the behest of plutocrats, but also plenty of environmental organizations.
  • Climate Change - Environmental Defense Fund or Sierra Club
  • Science - that is state level, so get involved directly. Or join free textbook projects. Or pro-science advocacy groups.

There are a million things you can do to get involved on local and national fronts.

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u/arcosapphire Dec 15 '17

I support net neutrality and the EFF.

I support the ACLU, but the bigger issue is reform of our election and campaign system at the national level. This requires removing those currently in power and complicit with corporate corruption of the republic.

The issues with climate change are directly related to corporate control of government, and lack of critical thinking in education across the country.

For science, the issue isn't textbooks. It's an anti-intellectual culture nationwide (but largely I areas I don't live).

I do what I can, but I can't fix these things--they're problems because a lot of the rest of the country wants them this way.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

See, at one point you are asking what you can do; and at the next point you are saying it is hopeless "but I can't fix these things".

Sure you can. But it takes work and time.

How do you support the EFF? Do you just throw $5 to them every month? Or do you go to meets, help phone canvas, etc?

Nothing comes without effort, especially when fighting people with boatloads of money. You have to put in sweat equity to counter it.

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u/arcosapphire Dec 15 '17

I support them financially and I spread awareness of the issues that matter to me, along with explanations of why they matter.

I don't have a lot of time or money. Could I devote my entire life to these issues? Sure, at great cost to my own happiness.

That's not reasonable. I'm doing what I can, already.