Civic Obligations

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, they engage in politics as a personal choice, not a civic obligation. Most millennials believe that government has become bigger because it has gotten involved in things that people should do for themselves.

It’s not that they cannot easily affect change and by not voting they are hurting themselves, it is mostly because sometime millennials voice can’t be heard if they voice out. Being very liberal they will always have their opinions on current matters. As a result, the country may be at risk for losing the political engagement of a generation and they can’t afford it. In somewhat way, it is avoiding their civic duties because if they don’t put more initiative in voting at a young age it could cause a problem in their own future when

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