• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      The boomers that vote for far right grifters and are happy to pull up the ladder behind themselves certainly deserve a share of the blame too.

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        3 months ago

        Not all boomers. Sorry, blaming “boomers” is rather naive.

        I’ve been around long enough to remember boomers blaming all the things on Silent/Greatest Generation. They had all the answers and could not wait to take over.

        Just sayin’ - I’m starting to see a pattern here.

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          3 months ago

          The problem with boomers, though, is that they formed such a large voting block that their generation has been able to steer the political system in the US. We started seeing change in the 90s and it was gaining momentum in the early 00s, but the reactionaries went full tilt on fascism as a result.

          This is a gross oversimllified take so please don’t think it’s meant as any kind of scholarly dissertation.

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            3 months ago

            Gen Y is the largest generation right now.

            All of voting age. Followed by Gen Z (not all of voting age - yet), then Gen X, then boomers.

            I mean, what happened in the past as you describe as a result of the huge numbers of boomers is entirely possible. I’m Gen X, so believe it when I say I have my share of resentments about how we were overshadowed nearly our entire lives by boomers, and then the spotlight jumped right to Gen Y, but all because of numbers, and not any unique traits to either Gen Y or boomers or to Gen X.

            But at this point, blaming boomers for what is happening now is rather…interesting, I have to say. They are the 4th largest group.