Respectfully, whenever I hear this I have to push back.
‘The boomers fucked us over’ trope is largely a myth like ‘first world consumers are responsible for climate change’: it’s a cultural narrative that exists to divert blame to a huge group to obscure that it’s mostly a small group of investors and their corporations who (in both of these cases) fucked over the other 99% of the civilisation.
It’s true that most of the worst people are boomers: but as a group, most boomers are not these people. Most boomers are poor and have lived their whole lives in a fake democracy where they never really had serious political power.
The elderly greeters at Walmart who can never retire; the old woman at the bus stop wearing chipped glasses with a prescription 10 years out of date; the guy at the VA home dying of cancer he got from being drafted into Vietnam; these aren’t the people who fucked the rest of us over. They’re just us, older.
Again, I don’t want this to be a fight, but this isn’t really true. Again, our media presents a certain picture of boomers that isn’t actually reflective of what the average boomer looks like.
Most boomers aren’t country club Republicans. In 2024, most baby boomers did not vote for Donald Trump.
You read that right: 25% didn’t vote, and of those who did, Trump won 49%. That was enough to win.
Maybe you’re asking, though, 'Why didn’t they vote Democrat more! They should’ve elected Gore! And lots of Democratic congresspersons and senators! To which I would say that we live in a very damaged democracy in which the Democratic party has been running on most of the same economic policies as Republicans since the 1970s. Most boomers didn’t have a say.
Most boomers are poor and have been fucked over by the government just like the rest of us.
Hopefully soon, boomers have ruined everthing.
It can’t come soon enough.
Respectfully, whenever I hear this I have to push back.
‘The boomers fucked us over’ trope is largely a myth like ‘first world consumers are responsible for climate change’: it’s a cultural narrative that exists to divert blame to a huge group to obscure that it’s mostly a small group of investors and their corporations who (in both of these cases) fucked over the other 99% of the civilisation.
It’s true that most of the worst people are boomers: but as a group, most boomers are not these people. Most boomers are poor and have lived their whole lives in a fake democracy where they never really had serious political power.
The elderly greeters at Walmart who can never retire; the old woman at the bus stop wearing chipped glasses with a prescription 10 years out of date; the guy at the VA home dying of cancer he got from being drafted into Vietnam; these aren’t the people who fucked the rest of us over. They’re just us, older.
They should stop voting for republicans, but they don’t.
Again, I don’t want this to be a fight, but this isn’t really true. Again, our media presents a certain picture of boomers that isn’t actually reflective of what the average boomer looks like.
Most boomers aren’t country club Republicans. In 2024, most baby boomers did not vote for Donald Trump.
In 2025, about 37% of baby boomers voted Republican. Just like most years.
You read that right: 25% didn’t vote, and of those who did, Trump won 49%. That was enough to win.
Maybe you’re asking, though, 'Why didn’t they vote Democrat more! They should’ve elected Gore! And lots of Democratic congresspersons and senators! To which I would say that we live in a very damaged democracy in which the Democratic party has been running on most of the same economic policies as Republicans since the 1970s. Most boomers didn’t have a say.
Most boomers are poor and have been fucked over by the government just like the rest of us.
The 1% (regardless of any age) are the bad guys.
I’d say the loudest boomers do that. The media’s too busy trying to sell them shit to risk offending them. But perhaps you’re right.