"And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate."

Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.

Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.

“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”

From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.

  • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    It’s a bit of both. Who do you think is voting in the interest of the billionaires. Their generational attitude of government bad, taxes bad, corporations good, unions bad combined with their outsized voting power is what brought the last 40 years of Reaganism, which is how we got the complete perversion (figuratively and literally) of the American dream that is Trumpism.