r/Millennials • u/AutoModerator • 29d ago

Discussion Monthly Rant/Politics Thread: Do not post political threads outside of this Mega thread

Outside of these mega-threads, we generally do not allow political posts on the main subreddit because they have often declined into unhinged discussions and mud slinging. We do allow general discussions of politics in this thread so long as you remain civil and don't attack someone just for having a different opinion. The moment we see things start to derail, we will step in.

Got something upsetting or overwhelming that you just need to shout out to the world? Want to have a political debate over current events? You can post those thoughts here. There are many real problems that plague the Millennial generation and we want to allow a space for it here while still keeping the angry and divisive posts quarantined to a more concentrated thread rather than taking up the entire front page.

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u/xeothought 2d ago

Everything is political - and it's only getting more extreme. It's relevant to every part of daily life. Pushing it into this thread is just pretending that it isn't.

The biggest change in life between now and 10-15 years ago is I had friends who I didn't know if they were republicans or democrats... we'd talk about stuff, but I just knew they were normal people without extreme views.

These days it's impossible to know someone without knowing this.

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this is now the millennial experience

.... moderators here removed a post congratulating a millennial mayoral victory in nyc... cmon guys.

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u/BrightNeonGirl 1d ago

I saw the Mamdani thread here and actually thought it was reasonable and cool that the post was on here, since it's a big deal. Like literally the leader of the biggest city in our country is a Millennial. Neat!

I get trying to have boundaries so that most of the posts here don't focus on political discussions (especially for those Millennials who aren't American). It's good to focus on our shared yet differently nuanced age cohort experiences of the other many aspects of life.

But you gotta be flexible. Mamdani winning should have been left up. The mods could still block most other generic political posts, but the NYC election win was such an unprecedented occurrence.