“You would not let your grandmother of grandfather decide what clothes you wear… so why would you let them decide the world you’re going to live in?” — Barack Obama on young people not voting.
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00:00You know Michelle and I talk sometimes and when we hear that young people aren't voting or participating we say to them
00:08You would not let your grandfather or grandmother decide what clothes you wear or what music you listen to
00:16so why would you let them decide the world you're gonna live in and
00:22The politics that you're gonna be subjected to
00:27Why would you give away that power in that authority, so
00:30I'm assuming that all of you and one fashion or another paying attention to political trends
00:37But as we all know casting a ballot is just the start
00:42I always used to say that the most important office in a democracy is not president or prime minister or
00:50Chancellor or governor or mayor its citizen
00:56change happens because citizens are mobilized and force change and
01:04Each of you in your own ways are part of that process the question now is
01:10If you are supporting each other and engaged with each other and perhaps if we can help a little bit
01:17Can you start scaling up?
01:19doing more
01:21building momentum
01:22creating a new narrative
01:24Creating greater sense of possibility and a greater sense of hope. I think you can