educate the lolnoobs
This is the crux of your problem, you see.
Which -- that I'm calling them lolnoobs, or that I think they can be educated?
I can't remember an election post-2000 that hasn't been framed as the most important election of my lifetime.
It's kinda true. And 2000 was way, WAY more important than people realized at the time.
2000: Meh, Gore and Bush are the same thing. (oh wait, they're not)
2002: Oh God, everything is on fire, we're at war with Al-Qaeda but we why are talking about invading Iraq??
2004: Oh my God, we made a terrible mistake, can we please get rid of this moron? (And the Dems punch themselves in the dick by running John Kerry)
2006: Can we at least get Congress to stop letting Dubya do whatever the fuck he wants?
2008: Ok, let's NEVER do that again. (Which is why the majority didn't vote for anything connected with Sarah Palin, i.e. Dubya in drag)
2010: Obamacare! (And the hatred of a poorly-sold compromise bill is what allowed the Tea Party gang to roll into DC)
2012: Hey, this has been a nice change of pace but now Republicans want to put rich white guys back on top of everything.
2014: Can we at least get a Congress that doesn't stop Obama from doing anything?
2016: Meh, Clinton and Trump are the same thing. (gee, why do I feel like I've heard this before?)
2018: See 2006.
2020: See 2004 (including my fear that the Dems will straight up take a jackhammer to their collective dick by running Clinton again, or someone else utterly flawed and uninspiring).
As to the assertion that "none of the policies have changed", that's complete and utter bollocks. This country is vastly different than it was 18 years ago, in a number of policy areas.
LGBT rights -- hugely expanded (gay marriage, military service, etc.)
Consumer rights -- we actually have the CFPB now. That didn't exist in 2000.
Banking regulation -- went through a trough of deregulation in the Bush era, then re-regulation in the early Obama years, and now heading towards deregulation again.
And that's all just off the top of my head.