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minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNearly half of boomers have no retirement savings. Blame them all you want, but the problem is the rich. Always has been. Always will be.
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoWhich part do you think was a lie? Half of all boomers being broke, or the rich being the problem?
minus-squaretrackball_fetish@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 hours agoOh its rich people. And the overwhelming majority of them being boomers.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 hours agoMusk and Zuckerberg aren’t boomers.
minus-squaretrackball_fetish@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 hours agoAnd? There’s other rich people out there
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours agoSilent Generation, Boomers, Gen X, or Millennials: which of these has the most wealth? Do any of them have over 35% of the nation’s wealth?
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoMost boomers gleefully enabled the system.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Voter_demographics If by that you mean less than 44% of boomers didn’t vote for Trump, and over 54% of Gen Z didn’t vote for Trump, then you might be correct.
minus-squarefemtek@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThe population that voted for them even though it hurts them are still at fault, even if they didn’t write the billionaire backed legislation.
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWell I can tell you for sure it wasn’t only boomers that voted for them. I’m just trying to emphasize that this is a class war, not a generational war.
minus-squarealmost_genocide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoAs someone who’s phone banked in plenty of primaries: It’s boomers. Sorry to burst your bubble.
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 day agoCouldn’t possibly be that only boomers would answer the phone. Because you know those younger generations are totally known for answering calls from unknown numbers and participating in surveys.
Nearly half of boomers have no retirement savings. Blame them all you want, but the problem is the rich. Always has been. Always will be.
Which part do you think was a lie? Half of all boomers being broke, or the rich being the problem?
Oh its rich people. And the overwhelming majority of them being boomers.
Musk and Zuckerberg aren’t boomers.
And? There’s other rich people out there
Silent Generation, Boomers, Gen X, or Millennials: which of these has the most wealth?
Do any of them have over 35% of the nation’s wealth?
Most boomers gleefully enabled the system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Voter_demographics
If by that you mean less than 44% of boomers didn’t vote for Trump, and over 54% of Gen Z didn’t vote for Trump, then you might be correct.
The population that voted for them even though it hurts them are still at fault, even if they didn’t write the billionaire backed legislation.
Well I can tell you for sure it wasn’t only boomers that voted for them.
I’m just trying to emphasize that this is a class war, not a generational war.
As someone who’s phone banked in plenty of primaries: It’s boomers. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Couldn’t possibly be that only boomers would answer the phone. Because you know those younger generations are totally known for answering calls from unknown numbers and participating in surveys.