Why is the left so intent on DELIBERATELY weakening themselves? Especially with regard to their younger people?

it has not been the left, it has been the right. Most jobs that pay well are now in other countries for cheap and slave labor. In nearly every state, the minimum wage is paying less than half of what the cost of living is, and the jobs that most people think pay well are still 5-10 dollars an hour less than what the average cost of living is.

republicans refuse to raise the minimum wage and have even voiced opinions to lower it, Family programs, college scholarships, school funding, funding to emergency responders, veterans programs, the VA itself, general job benefits, sick leave, women's healthcare, etc etc etc, the list goes on, the republicans want to cut the programs or funding all the while increasing the cost of living on the American people. the "millennials" are the latest generation to see less and less income while benefits and assistance are taken away. We should have had these protests in the 80s when republicans first implemented these plans with reaganomics.

Half of America hates Trump you dumbass - Deal With it

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