Sam Smith: I was a 20-something American back in the 1960s, the last time the young really changed this country for the better. So I know it can happen. The young haven't given up, sold or worn out. It's just that our political parties, media and education don't give youth action much respect. Yet it can be immensely important not because of mass media or other major conventional sources of power, but because it can organize from the bottom up as was the case with the civil rights and women's movement.
Older America has screwed up worse than at any time except for the Civil War. This demographic won't repair the mess it has made. It's up to you to provide the energy, imagination and decency we so desperately need. Throw your hearts and minds into it. It won't all work out, but one thing you can know for certain: you can do better than we did.
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