• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    It’s both.

    Billionaries AND boomers are to blame. Just because many boomers aren’t reaping the benefits of their dogshit voting habits doesn’t mean they didn’t have a hand in the current situation because of their voting habits.

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      18 days ago

      Democracy in a capitalist economy is an illusion. Boomers didn’t vote for this, it was foisted on them. Neither party fulfills the promises they make on the campaign trail, unless the promise is to an oligarch.

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        18 days ago

        Boomers didn’t vote for this

        As someone who phone banks regularly: They absolutely did. I spoke to hundreds of registered Democratic Boomers. They hated Sanders.

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          18 days ago

          Sure they voted, but they didn’t vote for this. Remember, boomers are the most propagandized generation in the most propagandized country on Earth. Ignorance shouldn’t be an excuse, but most boomers genuinely do not know when they vote against their own interests. They are pawns, while the Kings and Queens laugh to see them blamed. And that pisses me off a lot more than ignorance.