(Originally published by USA Today on December 9, 2024.)

If you really think you can change things through the government, you’re either an idiot or a liar.

That’s not how I feel. But I can tell you, as a 23-year-old who has spent the last five years organizing youth support around zoning ordinances, local elections, sexual assault prevention laws and everything in between, this is a widespread belief in my generation about anything political.

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