Could this just be because Trump isn't in the White House right now? In my [extremely limited] experience, lib boomers will die before they admit that voting for the Democrats is useless at best and possibly even counterproductive. Conservative boomers might be easier to convince at the moment, at least on the surface.
Boomers are a demographic that are harder to impress upon. Many of them are still mentally in the 80's. I usually am speaking to people around my age or more open minded boomers. Lib boomers you will not make much headway with if you start talking about changing things. You can convince them to some degree that the system is broken, but not enough to fix it. I think time is better spent on people who are actually open to ideas.
There is a significant generational divide in how people are viewing politics, and they are seeing younger generations not trending towards conservative ideas because they are not being rewarded by them. Boomers are not going to be open to the idea that the news is mostly propaganda. They are still smugly satisfied with mortgaging your future for a quick buck.
I don't think it matters much that Trump isn't in office. I think material conditions are catching up to people feeling like they are not in control of their lives anymore.
Could this just be because Trump isn't in the White House right now? In my [extremely limited] experience, lib boomers will die before they admit that voting for the Democrats is useless at best and possibly even counterproductive. Conservative boomers might be easier to convince at the moment, at least on the surface.
Boomers are a demographic that are harder to impress upon. Many of them are still mentally in the 80's. I usually am speaking to people around my age or more open minded boomers. Lib boomers you will not make much headway with if you start talking about changing things. You can convince them to some degree that the system is broken, but not enough to fix it. I think time is better spent on people who are actually open to ideas.
There is a significant generational divide in how people are viewing politics, and they are seeing younger generations not trending towards conservative ideas because they are not being rewarded by them. Boomers are not going to be open to the idea that the news is mostly propaganda. They are still smugly satisfied with mortgaging your future for a quick buck.
I don't think it matters much that Trump isn't in office. I think material conditions are catching up to people feeling like they are not in control of their lives anymore.