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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 102 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Why do people still think this is simply a boomer problem? After the recent election even the US is waking up to the fact that Gen Z (and younger) generations are much more conservative than Millennials.

This is not a generational issue, the problem is not age. The problem is conservatism.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I've been saying here for ages that the perception of boomers being overwhelmingly right wing and younger generations being overwhelmingly left wing is far, far from accurate. You can look at the demographic data from the prior two elections and see that, yes, there were more conservative boomers than liberal, but it's not a big margin, and for younger generations it was flipped. Now it appears the younger folks are more conservative than liberal.

As a very liberal boomer, it's been frustrating to get so many truly hateful responses, even recently, based on nothing other than the year I was born. I kept feeling like that level of intolerance didn't bode well, and now I'm thinking that concern was validated.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I really hope this phrase dies.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a place for it imo, as a response to cliché boomer opinions

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

lol this is exactly what that higher level comment was talking about.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee -4 points 1 day ago
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