As a parent of two Gen-Xers I mourn for the future as well. Since the 2016 election—in which my older daughter cast her first-ever vote for Hillary Clinton with all the excitement that implied for her future—she and her peers have been completely disillusioned and disgusted with America’s “promise” and “exceptionalism” they’re expected to believe in. I have spent many hours trying to talk them off the ledge; it’s for them that I cling with an iron grip to my belief that we the citizens of America can overturn this insanity and get through this. Perhaps not unchanged, but there will always be a place for the American Constitution and those who believe in it.
I read this wonderful essay yesterday on Substack. I’m sure I’ll be reading it repeatedly. They Are a Minority - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work