Conspiracy Theory Politics

Are student politics dressed up in smarter clothing.
They appeal most to yesteryear's students
who are now retired early or middle aged
who distantly remember their student life
when they felt like outsiders to the politics
of a solid career, a child or two, a spouse,
and to round it all off a mortgage for a house,
until slowly, one change at a time
they became the new establishment.

Now they are the older generation
they want to reclaim their radicalism,
their old anger, but their energy is slower
and with their old enemies long gone
their new politics will easily sour 
into random mistrust looking for a target.

There are always plenty to choose from.

I don't know what it means to 'act our age'
beyond gratitude for our days,
and in whatever way we use them
trying to use our time well.