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Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.

Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.

“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”

From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.

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[-] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago

Cool, thanks for the utterly useless straw man reply where you reduce my own more nuanced take into this idiotic "oh okay so then it must be this cartoon version of what you said".

I'm not taking the side of boomers at all. They're uniquely deranged and damaging to us all, and have been that way for decades.

Take whatever you want from my POV, not a lot of point in discussing with you further.

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean all I literally tried to say was "it's a little bit millennials vs. boomers", which you seemed to take as a direct challenge, and had to "well acccccctually" argue against, for some reason. I actually never disagreed with your overall point, I only "straw manned" when it was clear you'd dug your heels in and weren't reading the actual point of my comments and needed everything in black and white. You really weren't presenting your argument with much wiggle room at all.

[-] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago

Ya know, I wasn't reading your comments carefully, you're right. That's my bad, apologies.

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