The Future Is Ours

[pasithea]

Something that hasn't been heavily reported but that really excites me are the demographics of the vote this year.

Nearly 20% of the total voters are under 30. That's massive. That's double what it was 12 years ago. More important, nearly 70% of the youth vote went to Obama.

Freaks, geeks, weirdos, Burners, Goths, Furries, Goons. The Internet beat the Republicans.

The world is changing. It's a shame that Hunter S. Thompson didn't stick around because I've got a feeling that the tide's coming back in and it's going to surge way past that old line in the desert.

Comments

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

As a member of the Junior Voter Youth League of America I'd like to say you're welcome, old timer, and who is Hunter S. Thompson.

Oh I know who he is, but my 18 year old constituents might not! Have to represent their interests. That's the real tragedy of his suicide I think. He had more work to do and more minds to influence. In a world as bleak as ours when he took his life he made the wrong decision and I guess I cant stay mad at him. You old folks think in funny ways. He could have been a voice for the freaks who Obama is going to promptly ignore or turn on now that he's president elect. A great democratic president isn't what we really need, it's just what we need to catch our breath before finding someone more liberal.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Hunter S. Thompson is secretly alive and well, playing cards with William S. Burroughs in prickvixen and I am secretly Samoan.

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

You know I think someone once told me that Timothy Leary is just outside looking in...

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

I prefer Thin Mints over Samoans. =};-3