• Sunflier@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    How long are we going to tolerate Boomers existing and sacrificing the lives of children? Every war that has been initiated since Millennials started being born were started by Boomers: 1) Gulf 1 (Regan and Boomers); 2) War in Afghanistan, Iraq 1 and 2, Syria. Now, Venezuela and Nigeria?

    On top of all that, climate change.

    The world will be soooo much BETTER OFF once we finally start putting them in boxes

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      3 months ago

      Hate to say, but people have been saying that for probably almost as long as people could talk.

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      3 months ago

      Regan and Boomers

      Reagan was elected 45 years ago, when most of today’s boomers were in their 20’s and 30’s.

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          3 months ago

          According to Google, average boomer age = 70 (b 1955), would be 25 in 1980 when Reagan elected.

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            3 months ago

            I mean you’re right: Regan, himself was not a Boomer, but he certainly would have worked with them. Regan was born in '11, so he’d have been silent generation. But, my point still holds a bit in that Boomers started to come about in '46. So, by 1980, they’d have been 34. That means, they’d have been old enough to sit in Congress, and would have been eligible to run for offices as early as '73. So, they’ve been spoiling things for a few days short of 53 years.

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              3 months ago

              Not only are you describing the very oldest possible boomers, but you’re describing their voting behavior long before they were boomers. Most young voters back then were quite Liberal.

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                3 months ago

                Not only are you describing the very oldest possible boomers

                An old Boomer is still a Boomer.