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.

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      True to form, people still framing the class war as a generational war.

      Entire generations are not in power, only a few corrupt examples of them. All we’ve done, all we’ve ever done, is vote for the “lesser of two evils”. That’s how we got here. We were all duped, and are still being duped, as the voting record will show.

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      Make no mistake, Gen-X is part of the problem.

      ~And I fully expect to be downvoted for my unpopular opinion.~

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        We’re all the problem, which is why generational blaming is just pointing fingers to make oneself feel less accountable.

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          @Rhaedas@fedia.io saying nothing with gusto lol

          “We’re all the problem” is some “both sides” level victim blaming and erasure of intrinsic context.

          If everyone was “the problem” — There would be no problem.