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The argument between the children of Reagan and the children of Clinton is fierce, but ideologically, it tilts toward the right. Even after the financial crisis, the Clinton Democrats who lead their party don’t want to nationalize the banks, institute a single-payer health-care system, raise the top tax rate back to its pre-Reagan high, stop negotiating free-trade deals, launch a war on poverty, or appoint labor leaders rather than Wall Streeters to top economic posts. They want to regulate capitalism modestly. Their Reaganite Republican adversaries, by contrast, want to deregulate it radically. By pre-Reagan standards, the economic debate is taking place on the conservative side of the field. But—and this is the key point--there’s reason to believe that America’s next political generation will challenge those limits in ways that cause the leaders of both parties fits.
America’s youngest adults are called “Millennials” because the 21st century was dawning as they entered their plastic years. Coming of age in the 21st century is of no inherent political significance. But this calendric shift has coincided with a genuine historical disruption. Compared to their Reagan-Clinton generation elders, Millennials are entering adulthood in an America where government provides much less economic security. And their economic experience in this newly deregulated America has been horrendous. This experience has not produced a common generational outlook. No such thing ever exists. But it is producing a distinct intragenerational argument, one that does not respect the ideological boundaries to which Americans have become accustomed. The Millennials are unlikely to play out their political conflicts between the yard lines Reagan and Clinton set out.
^^^THIS^^^ gives me hope. The entire article is long, but a great read. I hope it lifts you up too.
stay vigilant, and stay strong. It's not often I see or hear of youngsters your age giving a damn (being involved in political activities), and while this article gave me hope, you, my dear, inspire me to believe goodness is on the horizon! Thank you in advance, and welcome to DU!! 
I am glad we still have Democrats who remember the days when the party was more concerned with taking care of the working and middle classes. We could use your wisdom at our College Democrats meetings
Yes, she lost SO badly on this!
He withdrew from being the grand marshal of the Rose Bowl Parade SO STOP SAYING THAT.
At one time, that distinction would have meant something to you. What happened?
Good one. 
... in an Elizabeth Warren YouTube video gone viral."
from public discourse: when the Dems did anything lefty 30s-80s it was because there was a tireless, activist actual left making its demands heard: you don't get 70s!Kerry to Congress or the Boland Amendment passed by whimpering that "we might lose the next election for the only party looking out for Our Side if we ask for too much"; handing the Dems a carte blanche gives it to the GOP too
and it's really funny that Beinart's the one saying this: he was one of the head Inquisitors in the "Cranstonization" of the party since the 80s: he was Michael Kinsley's protégé when they were given plausible deniability to Iran-Contra ("there are 'lefties' okay with it, so maybe it IS a true war of liberation against totalitarianism"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023681787
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023676169#post2
