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What Every Socially Conscious Millennial Has On Their Wish List

Net neutrality and the end of police brutality are a few of things we'll be wishing for this holiday season.

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What Every Socially Conscious Millennial Has On Their Wish List
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With Christmas and the New Year rapidly approaching, I’ve decided to devise a list that includes some of the things every socially aware millennial wants for the Holidays.

1) Magically having all of their student loans paid off

2) Net Neutrality

3) DACA

4) Obama *sips tea*

5) The end of slave trade in Libya

6) Ending slave trade in general

7) The destruction of the patriarchy

8) The day when black lives do matter

9) A Congress not in the pockets of corporations

10) More emphasis on voting and civil rights

11) Proper media coverage on issues

12) Presidential debates that actually make sense

13) A decent economy

14) The end of economic inequality

15) A world where the popular vote counted

16) Decent minimum wage

17) Accurate sex education in schools

18) Access to contraceptives

19) A better healthcare system

20) Accurate representation in the media of different identities Education being a right and not a privilege

21) Bernie Sanders (sorry, not sorry, you know everyone was feeling the Bern)

22) Kamala Harris running for president

23) Diplomacy instead of war

24) Environmental regulation

25) Saving the rainforests

26) America joining the Paris Agreement

27) Clean energy

28) Legislation that actually confronts climate change

29) Gun control

30) Reproductive rights

31) More resources for education

32) Appreciation of teachers

33) More funding for STEM, the Arts and other extracurriculars in schools

34) The end of systemic oppression

35) A Congress that reflects the populations it serves (i.e. not one solely made up of middle-aged, white men).

36) No Ban. No Wall.

37) Separation of church and state

38) A fair political system

39) A free press

40) A world where half of its inhabitants don’t starve

41) The end of rape culture (And in that same vein, justice for Cyntoia brown)

But I guess fuzzy socks are nice too right?

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