Seems a tad bit dramatic, considering I went out of my way to note that 1. I don't think ALL Boomers are assholes or responsible for our current predicament, and 2. that the Boomers I was specifically targeting are all wealthy, powerful politicians (as opposed to everyday layman Boomers) who refuse to relinquish power.
Can you credibly argue that any representative government isn't going to primarily consist of those age groups when you think of connections , wealth and public recognition? It's not cheap or easy to run. You'd almost have to be suspicious of anyone who achieves those much younger than the mid 40s.
If you don't like the current leadership and are condemning an entire generation for what are the flaws of a few of that generation, then why don't you get off your ass and vote? In particular, I like Jeff Jackson, who is not a Boomer. But everytime I go to a political event for him--regardless of whether it requires a donation--the average age of the group appears to be older than than the average age of my last high school reunion, which was the 50th. If it's Boomers financing the campaigns and it's Boomers actually getting off their assses to vote, then GUESS WHAT, politicians are going to view Boomers as people they need to pay attention to.
If all pols are just interested in passing policy that doesn't enrich or empower themselves then it doesn't matter how old or young they are, they're going to suck. Across every age group you have horrible people and people who are advocates for a fair, just world.
I hear you, absolutely, but I do think I can credibly argue that lawmaking/policymaking bodies that consists of far more Jeff Jackson/AOC/Mamdani/Buttigieg/Beshear/(insert younger non-MAGA Republican types to the extent that those people currently exist) and far less Angus King/Mitch McConnell/Chuck Schumer types has far more in common with, and has far more incentive to help, younger generations.
It won't help the next few yrs of Trump 2.0 but we need term limits for congress.
I am in my mid 30s. I have voted in every single election – midterm, primary, special, or general- for which I’ve ever been eligible to vote. I also recently, as I’ve become professionally established and fiscally successful, begun financially supporting candidates.
To be fair not many people in their 20s and 30s can afford to make the political donations required to go to those events, much less find the time to go to them. I've been to several Jeff Jackson events and not sure it was possible to go to any of them for under $100, maybe $250. Not to mention retired and semi-retired boomers have way more time on their hands than people in their 20s and 30s, especially if they have young kids.
I’ve contributed the maximum amount I am legally allowed to contribute to Roy Cooper’s campaign for Senate, and previously to Jeff Jackson’s campaign for House.
Those are all completely fair and valid points. You and others have done a good job of helping me to understand why singling out boomers as a generation was incorrect.
Wasn't blaming anyone, but if you never have the time, money, or effort to participate in the political system, then the problem isn't the system, the problem is you.
I respectfully disagree on the money part. You are right about the effort part, 100%, and probably mostly correct about the time part. But anyone not having the money or the financial ability to contribute precious disposable income to a political campaign is not the problem of the individual, but rather the problem of a system that disproportionately represents and enables politicians to be bought by the wealthy few.
Well then, instead of bitching about Boomers, why don't you get off your ass and get your own generation involved in the political process.
You are talking to me in a way, and making a hell of a lot of assumptions about me, that are way off base. I completely understand if my comment about boomers was irritating to you, and I have even since apologized to everyone on this thread that I may have annoyed with my comments, but nothing of what I have said warrants this type of response.
