As the younger generations have become more aware of political issues, the most common topic of interest, is how there are no quality candidates running. Of course, that’s not very surprising when you stop to think about it. It’s much easier to gripe and groan about things than to propose solutions. What all the young voters should be tweeting about is what needs to be changed by the incoming president.
Nothing can ever be perfect, and unfortunately that includes a political system. With each presidential election there are changes that have the opportunity to be made. Now some will say that these systems are “broken” and that implies that they need to be totally replaced for something new. I do not believe that that is the case. I see these systems as outdated rather than broken. It’s like when your phone gets an update. You could ignore the update and your phone would still work, but it has the potential to be better. Take that analogy and expand it into the real world and it makes a little more sense.
Now I’m not trying to say that “updating” a political or social system is as easy as updating your phone. You can’t just plug it in when you go to sleep and have it be done when you wake up the next morning. But there are changes that can be made to improve these systems. First, to focus on our political system; I personally do not believe it is broken. I see people who don’t agree with the majority opinion, and with the advancement of technology, it is easier for them to broadcast their viewpoints for the world to read. Voters need to take a moment to realize that just because they strongly disagree with the probable outcome of the election, doesn’t mean that the political system is broken. At the end of the day, we live in a democracy so whoever wins will be the person most of the country wanted to win. You just might not be a part of that group.
To go back to that phone analogy, you could theoretically keep ignoring that update message for weeks, months, even years. You might not notice how outdated your phone is, but others will. They’ll have new emojis that your phone can’t see, and you won’t admit that it’s a problem. You might not be affected by your ignorance, but those around you would be. If you haven’t caught on to where I’m going with this, let me explain; racism is still a problem in our lives. Things aren’t “changing”. Things have been changed but there are still people that refuse to “update” their perspectives. The sad thing is, there are politicians that have these outdated perspectives. We cannot afford to have the people who are going to lead our country be the type to be racist towards any groups of people. It is 2016. It is time that people come to terms with the fact that not everyone is going to be exactly like themselves. And that doesn’t make them the “outsiders,” it makes them different from you, which is not a bad thing. It’s a fact of life. No two people are the same; no two groups of people are the same. You may not want to update your phone the minute you get the notification, but you can’t keep refusing to update it. The same goes for social systems.
Changes are inevitable in everything. They can be good or bad, and the only way to find out which one it will be, is to make the change and see the outcome. When discussing political or social systems, those changes can get pretty big, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take that risk. Sure, you may not like the way your text messages look after the update, but that doesn't mean the update was bad.
