Most of the Bernie fans have no marketable skills. They rack up hundred of thousands in student debt on worthless, unmarketable degrees ending with the word "studies". I know this firsthand as I know dozens of them. They usually end up in the service industry as baristas, servers or bartenders all-the-while paying an insurmountable debt of their own creation. One student asked me if he should change from "history studies" to econ after his history professor warned him that there was no money or future in history unless you become a professor. I also encouraged him to change majors, which thankfully he did.So, it sounds like you aren't willing to accept reality.
This new generation commits less crime, gets divorced less, is better educated, more diverse, and works more than the previous generation. Yet they are much farther back when it comes to income and wealth thanks to the wreckless free-market-and-boot-straps-can-fix-all policies of the silent and boomer generations.
Of course he is winning the debate. Because he is speaking to their reality. They were sold an American Dream of the 50's - 90's that is practically unachievable for most now days
The newer generations biggest issue is apathy. **** seems like it is too broke to fix, so enjoy life the best way you can while you can before it all blows up. The best thing Trump has done for the conservative movement is feed into that apathy with the outrageous **** he does and the unfaltering support he gets from his base no matter what he does.
The best thing the beer flu is doing is waking many up from that apathy because it makes **** hitting the fan their reality. Apathy is still a privileged position.
The big mystery for me is who is steering all these high school students into these worthless degrees? How could their parents possibly support or encourage a degree in something like gender studies when, at best, they will end school $130K in debt and earn a paltry $35K a year as a social worker?
Unsuccessful people who have made poor life choices often blame successful people for their own f—ups. Hey, it's easier than taking a good hard look in the mirror. And successful people who have made good life choices are disparagingly labeled "privileged". Bernie's entire political career is based on class warfare and envy, but even more sinister is his movement's ideology that unsuccessful people bear no responsibility whatsoever for their lack of success; they are simply victims of external forces.