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millennials Archives | Kyle Wierks https://www.kylewierks.com/tag/millennials/ One world, united Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:36:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.kylewierks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-Icon-1-32x32.png millennials Archives | Kyle Wierks https://www.kylewierks.com/tag/millennials/ 32 32 Anger for social change https://www.kylewierks.com/anger-for-social-change/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:36:53 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=872 Anger can be a tool to motivate action so long as it is directed not at an individual but at the underlying social system that allows this injustice to take place.

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]]> Questioning power dynamics https://www.kylewierks.com/questioning-power-dynamics/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:52:37 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=865 By refusing to accept the socially-accepted balance of power, we can begin to shift the balance of power away from institutions and pre-existing structures back towards the people.

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]]> Question everything https://www.kylewierks.com/question-everything/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:02:38 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=841 For most of us, we were taught to accept truth without questioning it, because we did not have the authority to question it, even though a truth that has not been questioned, reasoned, and investigated is not a truth but an assumption.

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]]> The futility of modern political protest https://www.kylewierks.com/the-futility-of-modern-political-protest/ https://www.kylewierks.com/the-futility-of-modern-political-protest/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:31:56 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=836 The problem with modern political protest is that it, on its own, plays according to the existing rules of our political system and has little, if any, impact on policy or political action. Come see what political action requires to be successful.

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]]> https://www.kylewierks.com/the-futility-of-modern-political-protest/feed/ 2 Stop following the rules https://www.kylewierks.com/stop-following-the-rules/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:31:07 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=824 Our social, political, and economic rules were created by people who hold the power, and people who hold the power want things to stay the same so that they hold on to power.

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]]> Ignoring the issues https://www.kylewierks.com/ignoring-the-issues/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:48:07 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=818 For those of us who are under-60, non-business-owning citizens, we are not very high on the priority list of any political strategist. But if you want us to inherit this mess, then let us start to fix it before it's beyond repair.

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]]> Exclusionary politics and power https://www.kylewierks.com/exclusionary-politics-and-power/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:58:17 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=814 The problem isn't that millennials, women, and people of colour don't want to be involved in politics and governance; the problem is that social barriers have been specifically constructed to keep us on the periphery.

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]]> Politics has left Millennials behind https://www.kylewierks.com/politics-has-left-millennials-behind/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:32:20 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=720 Canadian Millennials have no voice in politics.

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