For the past few years, millennials have been one of the centerpieces of political discontent, likely due to the fact that they have finally reached the ripe age of 18ish and may, therefore, participate in political discourse. In other words, since millennials are now eligible to not only represent, but influence the world around them in ways that actually matter, rather than their selfish endeavors to change their mother's mind about McDonald’s after soccer practice and buying Legos rather than Mega Bloks, or convincing grandma to change the channel from the Food Network to Nick Jr.

Not surprisingly, this has conservative politicians trembling—desperately trying to maintain control of political order; however, this may be easier said than done. Obama’s campaign for the 2008 election is generally credited as being the first campaign to truly utilize the influence of social media to win his presidency, after reaching 5 million supporters on 15 different social Networks over the course of that campaign season. NY Daily News reported that the Republican Party adjusted their strategy to challenge Obama’s contemporary use of social media, though as we know, they still lost the presidential election in 2012.

Now, as conservatives have been steadily growing older and technology has been utilized in more inventive ways, there is understandable frustration on both sides of the political spectrum.

For example, my grandpa: I love him more than anything in the world but I despise his political cynicism. He has already vowed to vote for Donald Trump before considering who he has rendered “the Bitch”. Hillary Clinton’s email scandal is nothing to take lightly, but I have never gotten a good answer as to why her email scandal speaks to her inability to lead a nation louder than Trump’s pushing for war crimes.

What a scumbag.

Honestly, it’s not surprising that those of (*ahem*) ripe age may tend to gravitate to Trump, seeing as he is loud, exciting, unpredictable, and if nothing else, easy to understand.

Like the afternoon television that your grandparents watch

People fail to realize that technological and humanitarian advancements complicate (or at the very least, alter) political organization as we know it. As a nation, we now engage in difficult issues beyond the understanding of old white men that need their grandson to give them a step-by-step comprehensive tutorial on the function and practice of copy and pasting on a computer. Have you ever tried asking your pro-Trump family member about their opinions on net neutrality? Or government surveillance? What about the stockpile of over 7000 nuclear warheads that may be strapped to industrial-sized flying death machines, each with the same capabilities of 50,000 pounds of TNT?

"You could hold his feet to the fire, but he'll just start bragging about his fireproof foot skin"

-John Oliver

Unfortunately, there’s no easy fix for the age disparity in this critical time for American politics. The older age groups seem to brush aside frightening new developments about the world, simply out of ignorance to the issue at hand. Meanwhile, millennials are undermined for their relatively fresh and unseen take on politics. In fact, millennials are undermined to the point where an estimated 75% will not participate in voting, usually attributed to ignorance and lack of experience and understanding, but also because us millennials work HARD.

In order to fix the world and its problems, we educate ourselves, accumulating an average of over 25,000 dollars in debt to pay for it, and then work multiple jobs to pay it off. We are the first generation to largely address issues involving humanitarian concerns and social equity. With all of what we are and what we can accomplish, the voting process must be altered to a method that is fair to everyone.

To restore fair representation by the overwhelmingly liberal millennial generation and the overwhelmingly conservative greatest generation, I would like to propose that the entire voting process for the Electoral College is encrypted by the government online. Those without access to or knowledge of computers may vote in traditional locations on computers provided by government officials that require identification, proof of residency, and extensive comprehensive computer tutorials. Is that fair while we wait for the generations that raised us to be cynical, hopeless, yet compassionate to die?

We are the face of third-wave feminism. We are those left with the responsibilities and burdens of debt, politics, and leading the world. We are responsible for cleaning the oceans and preserving the icecaps. We will soon be the primary age group that comprises society and we are still concerned with political representation, as seen when Sanders was rewarded fewer delegates than Clinton after his win in Wyoming (which was later “fixed” after each candidate was awarded 7). We are the future, and it’s time for America to start treating us as such.