sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoAre Old People Ruining American Democracy?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down14
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minus-squareSaltyAmerican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 day agoThey have you focused on old people so you are distracted from the fact that capitalism is the problem
minus-squarealmost_genocide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·20 hours agoTo be fair most old people clutch their pearls when you say radical things like “capitalism is the problem”… so yeah. They’ve ruined a lot of shit.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 day agoThis is the answer. The fad (psyop?) of blaming “boomers” for all the world’s ills is annoying AF.
minus-squarealmost_genocide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·20 hours agoMy bad. Who votes for these senators, members of congress and presidential candidates in the primaries?
minus-squareSaltyAmerican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·19 hours agoAnymore over the age of 18
minus-squarealmost_genocide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·19 hours agoLol. You’d rather look like an idiot than lay any blame at the feet of boomers huh? As someone who has phone banked and canvassed in multiple primaries: It’s boomers.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoGen Y is now the biggest voting bloc as far as generation breakdown. If you think all the problems lie with…checks notes…the sixties generation, I have a bridge to sell you.
minus-squarealmost_genocide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoGen Y doesn’t participate in primaries at the same rate as Boomers. You’d know this if you ever phone banked.
minus-squareSaltyAmerican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoRegardless of age, anyone that’s voted for either shade of fascism is responsible. Liberals created this mess, conservatives created this mess. If you’ve canvased for the oligarchy you are part of the problem
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoWho did you vote for in 2024, 2020, and 2016?
They have you focused on old people so you are distracted from the fact that capitalism is the problem
To be fair most old people clutch their pearls when you say radical things like “capitalism is the problem”… so yeah. They’ve ruined a lot of shit.
Please define capitalism.
This is the answer. The fad (psyop?) of blaming “boomers” for all the world’s ills is annoying AF.
My bad. Who votes for these senators, members of congress and presidential candidates in the primaries?
Anymore over the age of 18
Lol. You’d rather look like an idiot than lay any blame at the feet of boomers huh?
As someone who has phone banked and canvassed in multiple primaries: It’s boomers.
Gen Y is now the biggest voting bloc as far as generation breakdown.
If you think all the problems lie with…checks notes…the sixties generation, I have a bridge to sell you.
Gen Y doesn’t participate in primaries at the same rate as Boomers. You’d know this if you ever phone banked.
Regardless of age, anyone that’s voted for either shade of fascism is responsible. Liberals created this mess, conservatives created this mess.
If you’ve canvased for the oligarchy you are part of the problem
Who did you vote for in 2024, 2020, and 2016?