Remember when boomers complained that their “shitty kids” won’t come for Christmas?
And their “shitty kids” were actually 35yo millennials who were sick of their parents’ toxic behavior around their grandchildren? And now the boomers get to die alone because they “fucked around and found out”?
Just replace boomer with MAGA.
I haven’t seen my parents in over a decade. Born in '50 & '51 they check all the boxes of the worst stereotypes.
Republican ✓
White ✓
Racist ✓
Bigoted ✓
Ultra-Religious ✓
Limited education ✓
Entitled ✓
Narcissistic ✓
Physically and emotionally abusive ✓
Depended their parents assistance until their mid-30’s, kicked their kids out at 18 (17 for me). ✓
I honestly have no clue if they are MAGA or not. I suspect they are because my older sister was pictured in the news at the orange cheetos inauguration.
It’s the Republican MO: everyone needs to suffer from everything I’ve ever had to deal with at a bare minimum. More is fine, but anything less than every single issue I had to deal with (whether I really did, or just think I did, thanks to a healthy victim complex) is unacceptable.
In practice, it looks a lot like the socialism they claim to hate, but only for negativity. Hoard everything good, distribute everything bad.
the Republican MO: everyone needs to suffer from everything I’ve ever had to deal with
And the “suffering” is always “I worked hard for what I got” meaning they got an entry-level job working 40 hrs a week that let them buy a house and raise 2.4 kids on a single salary.
kicked their kids out at 18 (17 for me)
One thing that constantly surprised me on reddit was in the personal finance sub, there was a post about this about once a month, give or take. It’s just shocking how often it happens. It was in the FAQs because it happened so often.
Can we not generalize entire generations to make it about division? Yes, it’s about Maga parents, that’s what this article is about. There are good people and really shitty people in every generation. No, I’m not a boomer. Don’t fall for the propaganda to have every generation fight instead of going after the real issues.
This. I’ve seen my share of awful people in every single age bracket. How old is that Fuentes guy, anyway? Or Richard Spencer? Same with a lot of the doofs that threw an insurrection. Many of them seem Gen Y or younger. The incels that fall for the likes of Jordan Peterson or the Elon fanbois - I don’t think too many of them fall into the “boomer” category.
Yep, most of the proud boys are young as well and I don’t hold it against those generations either. It’s the shitty people doing shitty things that we should focus on.
It’s nice to see some sanity on here for once. I’m not sure why other social media sites seem to have such issues with nuance. We have a right wing fascist nightmare in this country, and it is not as simple as a singular generation/ boomers. Many many many people in Gen. Z are falling down the alt-right pipeline, there are many conservative and alt millennials
I have also met many kind boomers that are extremely left. Generalizing to specific generational groups is just foolish and doesn’t really help solve the problem or identify it correctly.
I bet that part of the reason that boomers get so much flack is because their generation leans right in general plus and I think this is the most important aspect their age group holds and controls most of the wealth in this country. Regardless, though, it’s not as simple as a single generation is the problem
As far as boomers - yeah, I’ve known more than a few old hippie boomers in my lifetime that are/were (sadly, some have passed) progressive.
I’m not sure how accurate this chart is and it’s from 2014, but it looks like it’s not that different in ideology. R’s are less in every demographic except silent generation which would make their ages 78-95 currently. I wonder how large they would be considering covid and them not taking vaccines plus a natural dying off. Regardless, it’s the electoral college that’s saving their ass. I would like to see an up to date version of this though.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/30/a-different-look-at-generations-and-partisanship/
I seem to recall the “Greatest Generation” complaining about boomers in the same way, often for the very same reasons. I’d say being a teabagger spans many generations, all the way down to the youngest of Gen Z. Give it time, and they’ll be whining about Generation Alpha or whatever and how they are not coming home for xmas, and all because of the teabaggers’ behavior.
The notion of moving to a city fills me with anxiety and dread. Thankfully there’s plenty of rural areas in blue states. The neighbors are just as bad as in the red states, but you don’t have to deal with a conservative government. At least above the local level.
I spent 20 years in a red region of NY. It’s absolutely miserable. Yeah you have a liberal lean at the state level, but at the local level everything is a constant fight for basic rights. There’s also almost no job prospects, no social mobility, no community, and no diversity. Not to mention if you’re a minority you’re constantly at odds with the police, even if you didn’t do anything criminal.
The area I lived in cost almost as much as NYC to live in but with half the income and literally nothing to do.
It’s not worth it.
Maybe not for you, but if you can WFH and don’t ever leave your compound it’s a lot prettier.
Plus there’s always some chorin’ if you’re bored.
This is true and I’ve seen it work really well for people that want to be on the periphery of a major city - but in the exurbs if they WFH. Close enough for a trip to the city to do something worthwhile, but not doing the daily grind of driving into the city to work every weekday…as long as the state is blue and the exurbs are not tinged deep red, it can be very nice.
I think I’m the opposite here. Live in the city. Commute is short. Things I need are nearby and walkable. If I want to go hiking or something it’s a 20 minute drive. Living in the suburbs means basic needs involve car rides and parking.
Close enough for a trip to the city to do something worthwhile
Yes, yes. Continue spreading the rumor that there’s nothing worthwhile in rural places. That way there’s fewer people there.
Oh, I’m not saying that there is nothing worthwhile to do in rural places. I meant something that is worthwhile enough to make the trek into a city.
Quiet! Don’t give away the fact that the country is hella fun! Then it’ll get gentrified
They already are if you’re close enough to post on lemmy but go off king lmao
Wow! I live in a red, economically depressed rural area of a blue state. It was booming when there were some Democrats in local offices but the locals fell for the right wing propaganda. Most smart kids moved away when they graduated. Now there are lots of drugs and drunks with big trucks. I learned to fly, SCUBA dive, garden, graft trees, hunt, hike, forage and build things. “Nothing to do” is a state of mind no matter where you are.
Rural NY is much more rural (with everything that entails, including sundown towns) than people expect. Nearby, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut all have very rural (and cheap and economically depressed) areas with fewer crazy neighbors. Still not much to do unless you get into outdoor hobbies, but doable
It’s way better because the crazies don’t feel as empowered as they do when they’re surrounded by their own kind.
"Over 70% of the Hallmark audience is past 50 years old. This breakdown of the most popular Hallmark Christmas movies shows they’re mostly a hit with the Medicare crowd, with over half of the audience aged 65 and up. "
Mostly a hit with Medicare crowd. A quick Google search shows mental decline can start as early as 45.
I wouldn’t be surprised if these people thought they were living in a Hallmark movie at any given time.
Their generation has way more lead in everything and it shows. They probably have “memories” of things that happened in the movie but they would insist actually happened to them.
I bet so much of their Karen persona is caused by how much they drive others away, thus going into a feedback loop that ends up with them adopting the full teabagger lifestyle.
Don’t forget the alcohol. I don’t think I’ve seen any Karen/Kevin video without some kind of substance abuse, usually alcohol.
[off topic] Ross Thomas was a Washington political reporter turned mystery novelist. Most of his books are about government corruption, crooked elections, and/or insider wheeling-dealing.
In one of his books he has a hit man nicknamed ‘Hallmark.’
The killer you send ‘when you care enough to send your best.’
Some great skits about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYQM1NESLsc
Less applicable but still great:
As Timothy Noah wrote recently in a cover article for the New Republic, the increasingly authoritarian policies passed by Republican leaders are leading to what he deems the “Red State Brain Drain”: “an out-migration of young professionals” from GOP-controlled states to the more welcoming pastures of blue state America.
Thus empowering the electoral college more and more and ensuring our descent into fascism.
