Millennial Democracy

Millennials are no strangers to the wide variety of political systems they’ve heard of in their lifetime: communism, socialism, monarchy, to name a few. As many of these systems fail and get recycled under new names, the United States continues to thrive under the model of representative democracy . . . or so we think. Though the United States government has relied on a model in which citizens elect officials to represent their interests, many voters feel as if they lack power and their right to petition is being treated more like a suggestion box. Millennials might question where their government is headed and how that might impact the needs of them and their children, especially if their voices are not driving change.But a solution exists to drive change, and it can start with millennials.Written from a millennial’s point of view, Millennial Democracy highlights the limitations of representative democracy and why it must be upgraded to a process that centralizes the concerns and rights of voters. This brief essay, which can easily be digested by the end of three New York City subway morning commutes, also offers a solution to give the right to petition back to the voters. Read more