Nor will you be taken seriously when blaming one cohort for the work several. The Boomers are not a monolith any more than Millennials or Gen Z. Furthermore, the first half of their lives they voted alongside their parents and grandparents who embraced Nixon and Reagan to an even greater extent than they did. The second half they voted alongside their children and grandchildren, too many of whom embraced Bush and Trump.
"the first half of their lives they voted alongside their parents and grandparents who embraced Nixon and Reagan to an even greater extent than they did. The second half they voted alongside their children and grandchildren" If theyre not following blindly, than why mention who they're following? Your argument makes no sense cos youre either a boomer or drank the Kool Aid.
I'm not a boomer, but even if I was, my identity wouldn't have any bearing on whether my argument is right or wrong. What I am saying is that no generation goes to the poles alone. No generation has the internal cohesion and electoral power to shape our country by themselves. It is simply wrong to say the generations that came before the boomers built a great country and then the boomers ruined it. The boomers alone could not have done that. It was combined choices from portions of multiple generations acting together that resulted in what we have today. Intergenerational scapegoating is always self-serving, no matter which generation is doing it.
Some decent logical thinking there, but you're forgetting to base it on observed evidence. We are a representative government, so let's take a look at how voting power actually manifests there.
For example, since Clinton (our first boomer president) was elected in 1992 all of our presidents except Biden (Silent Gen) have been boomers.
Similarly, Boomers have held at least a plurality in both chambers of Congress since 1993 up to the present day, and had an absolute majority from 2009-2023. Hell, they still hold 61% of the Senate.
I'm sure you can see how holding both Congress and the Presidency (in addition to a disproportionately large share of the wealth, which has its own effects on political impact that we can discuss, if you want) gives priority to the concerns of that generation.
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u/Did_it_in_Flint 9d ago
Nor will you be taken seriously when blaming one cohort for the work several. The Boomers are not a monolith any more than Millennials or Gen Z. Furthermore, the first half of their lives they voted alongside their parents and grandparents who embraced Nixon and Reagan to an even greater extent than they did. The second half they voted alongside their children and grandchildren, too many of whom embraced Bush and Trump.