Nowhere GirlMar 3

"When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946."

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Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social)

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Show threadTatteredMar 3
@gwynnion So everything will be better under Vance?
Show threadAnnelies Kamran, Ph.D.Mar 3
@Tattered @gwynnion I take this as an explanation for why there's not a field to choose from for Vance's opposite. The Republican party has been very good at maintaining a leadership pipeline, the Democrats have not.
Show threadTatteredMar 3

@akamran @gwynnion Harris?

I really dislike the US generation thing. It seems to have replaced class consciousness in North American minds. There are examples of fascists in every generation. Most of the billionaires driving the destruction of everything are not “Boomers”. They are monsters, though.

I’d rather have Warren or Sanders than Hegseth or Fetterman.

We need to focus on the villainy of rightwing murderers. Age is not a reliable guide to ideology.

Show threaddisorderlyfMar 4
@Tattered @akamran @gwynnion tbf, Sanders, Hegseth, and Fetterman aren't Boomers
Show threadTattered
@disorderlyf @akamran @gwynnion I knew that about Hegseth and Fetterman. Bernie’s not a Boomer? I am somewhat surprised.
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Show threadAnnelies Kamran, Ph.D.Mar 4
@Tattered @disorderlyf @gwynnion Bernie is older than the boomers (born 1941)
Show threadTatteredMar 4

@akamran @disorderlyf @gwynnion So Mick Jagger is a different generation from Van Morrison? Got it!

I’m probably never going to learn this… I mean, I understand the axis of oppression from old to young, but all the phraseology of generations seems insular. Do the generations apply in China, or Kenya, or Iran, or Chile? Race, class, & gender seem applicable generally, but, surely, different cultures have different generational markers…

E’en so, I know the OP was posting about the US, so, just to reiterate, it is more important that the “Boomers” in the parties don’t get to pass the reins to the anointed of younger generations. You actually need to prise the power away from the trust fund class of *all* generations.