The first bit of political activism that many of them participated in — trying to stop the "Rave Act" — was frustrated by Senator Biden as he grafted the Rave Act onto the Amber Bill in the conference committee in the dead of night. Not only did this decimate the dance scene in the US, but it also taught a whole generation of young people that their input into the political process was but a minor annoyance to those in power.
Since then there have been several proposals to reinstitute the draft in Congress by Rep. Rangel, and on a regular basis on DU and similar boards.
Do you really think you can get young people to support our cause by treating them so foully?
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