sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoAre Old People Ruining American Democracy?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoBoomers are aged 62-80 in 2026. Gen Y is the largest voting block right now.
minus-squareKingOfSleep@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days ago“Boomer” just means “old person” now. But ageism is still bigotry.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoI had to laugh when “millennial” became shorthand for someone young, LOL. I had to remind someone at one point that Gen Y is now pushing into their 40s, LOL. That tween you see doing some dumb shit you disapprove of is no “millennial”. 🤣
Boomers are aged 62-80 in 2026.
Gen Y is the largest voting block right now.
“Boomer” just means “old person” now. But ageism is still bigotry.
I had to laugh when “millennial” became shorthand for someone young, LOL. I had to remind someone at one point that Gen Y is now pushing into their 40s, LOL.
That tween you see doing some dumb shit you disapprove of is no “millennial”. 🤣