Mastodawn

"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]

Bluesky Social

From their cold decrepit bony fingers.

@gwynnion So everything will be better under Vance?

Annelies 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.

@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.

Annelies Kamran, Ph.D.Mar 3

@Tattered @gwynnion one politician doesn't make a field of candidates - the minor leagues are in state and local politics, where younger people are under-represented (and GenX tends to be passed over for millenials). It's true that age is not a reliable guide to ideology, but it can tell you a lot about common experiences.

@akamran @gwynnion I will still argue that I have far more in common with workers of any generation than with capitalists of any generation. This holds true across national divides. The anti-colonial struggle, the race struggle, the struggle for queer, trans and women’s rights; all of these converge.

When the children of the wealthy and powerful inherit, they are untouched by the struggle.

Do old people hold on to power? Yes. Which old people? Working class people? Or capitalists?

In the UK, Labour and Conservatives have moved to younger generations of neoliberalism. I don’t think this is what the US needs. The recent rise in support for the Greens shows a younger leader succeeding by circumventing traditional power structures. I think that’s more instructive. Breaking the two-party stranglehold of oligarchic interests is the most important task; appealing to working people of all generations in commonality and solidarity, rather than accepting concepts of division that serve the existing state.

@Tattered @akamran @gwynnion

yes and yes.

at the top, age correlates with class, because capital lives longer

disorderlyf Mar 4

@Tattered @akamran @gwynnion tbf, Sanders, Hegseth, and Fetterman aren't Boomers

@disorderlyf @akamran @gwynnion I knew that about Hegseth and Fetterman. Bernie’s not a Boomer? I am somewhat surprised.

Annelies Kamran, Ph.D.Mar 4

@Tattered @disorderlyf @gwynnion Bernie is older than the boomers (born 1941)

@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.

disorderlyf Mar 4

@Tattered @gwynnion I mean, even the current administration's base is lukewarm at best to the guy, so him taking over would likely mean a musical chairs of presidents until 2028

@disorderlyf @gwynnion Vance is Thiel’s puppy. That’s the Armageddon Christofascist line of descent. If this puppy doesn’t bite, Thiel will get a new one. President Hegseth, maybe. He’s sticking to the plan, after all.

Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Mar 3

@gwynnion
It's 2077.
The US president was born in 1946.

Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Mar 3

@gwynnion
I said that jokingly but rethinking about it makes me unsure if it will actually happen.
So many filthy rich people are hell-bent on prolonging their own lifes no matter the consequences.

Nowhere Girl Mar 3

@Orca We'll get a "Futurama" style severed head in a jar for president, born in 1946.

Flesh & bone by the telephone Mar 4

@gwynnion
@Orca Why wait? We could put the president's head in a jar today!

Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Mar 4

@minego @gwynnion
Not sure. I don't want the Secret Service to go after anyone.

disorderlyf Mar 4

@gwynnion We almost had someone on the opposite end of the Boomer generation🥲

@gwynnion
whippersnappers!