The assumption that old people are inherently right wing and young people are inherently left wing is just wrong. Correlating age with political beliefs is a fucking pseudoscience, and so is the whole concept of generations like boomers and zoomers. Their marketing terms, the baby boom was a uniquely United States thing and to apply that term to 20 odd years of people from across the world is just factually wrong. We got to stop self identifying with these terms because they are ageist and they divide us and they allow for shitty excuses like “it’s just their generation” to excuse shitty behavior.

What’s the point of this? Stop dunking on old people. Old people aren’t inherently reactionary.

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Isn't this "not all old people" ?

    Sure, we know that. It's the propagandised ones that bought into all the bullshit and the ones that own tonnes of property and succeeded in the system who expect you to as well. Does it really need every caveat ever all the time? I see it acknowledged really often.

    The treatment of old people deserves more recognition under the term "ageist" rather than the criticism of boomer brained nonsense that's actually more attributable to class.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      100-com there are real concerns when it comes to elderly and older people to consider. But no one needs to stand up to defend "boomers" anymore than anyone needs to stand up and say "not all white people"