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Noah Berlatsky on yet another #SamuelMoyn book that fails to understand how power works in an unequal society.

"Moyn’s failure to engage with race and disability, and his refusal to assign Republican blame, make Gerontocracy in America feel divorced from our current moment and needs. It is not a book that will age well."

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/12/gerontocracy-in-america-samuel-moyn-review/

#USPol #race #disability #gerontocracy

Are the Elderly Holding America Back?

Samuel Moyn’s Gerontocracy in America treats old age as the central crisis of modern politics. The framing obscures more than it explains.

Washington Monthly

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Faraiwe May 30

@thenewsdesk @top-stories-in-politics-thenewsdesk easy fix: dnc and dem party centrist gerontocrats stop cockblocking young, fierce, progressive candidates.

Less schumers/pelosis, more Mamdani/AOC

#TurdReich #democrats #centrist #gerontocracy #USPol

A. Rivera May 15

> No one wants a permanent gerontocracy
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/#sorry-you-dont-get-a-turn

And yet gringos, poll or not, keep consistently voting for it. Doctorow's arguments are good but as long as people say one thing then go on and do the same stupid shit. . .

#ThisIsAmerica #GOP #PartyOfStupid #RepublicanLite #useless #gerontocracy #RealOwners

Pluralistic: No one wants a permanent gerontocracy (15 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

steev hise May 12

"benign essential tremor". LOL.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/why-is-susan-collins-shaking

#gerontocracy

Why Is Susan Collins Shaking?

It’s not because of the major media coverage

Ken Klippenstein

N-gated Hacker News May 7

Ah, the riveting tale of *America's Geezer Mafia*! 🧓🇺🇸 Who knew the secret to solving a #gerontocracy was hidden behind a paywall? 🤑🔒 But don't worry, Harpers' new sign-in system is here to save the day! 🙄✨
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/ #HarpersSignIn #Paywall #Solutions #SecretSociety #HackerNews #ngated

The Old Guard, by Samuel Moyn

Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis

Harper's Magazine

Hacker News May 7

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

The Old Guard, by Samuel Moyn

Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis

Harper's Magazine

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦May 5

RE: https://flipboard.com/@independent/arts-entertainment-4tg8o9n9z/-/a-My8VfA5RSa-nZK3LDkrztA%3Aa%3A1855170754-%2F0

i just…

look: am 60 years old yet this composite photograph of McCartney, Jagger, Richards and Smith is still fucking weird.

Robert Smith, a baby baby boomer, is the baby in this picture.

the chokehold the WHITE silent generation and baby boomers have on YOUTH culture is absolutely surreal.

The Rolling Stones & Beatles were hip in an era that is long gone. they are now part of the #EpsteinClass #gerontocracy and we should stop pretending they aren’t social and cultural anachronisms.