Billionaires are ruining it. Don't let the NYT shift the blame.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2026
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The boomers that vote for far right grifters and are happy to pull up the ladder behind themselves certainly deserve a share of the blame too.
Does NY Times want to distract us from having class solidarity?
Not all Republicans are old.
Yeah, there are several new generations of fascists ready to take over when the old ones die off, with exactly the same opinions and goals. It is not an age thing, it is a class thing, but oligarch mouthpieces love to spout this particular brand of obfuscation as part of their propaganda, because it seems to be really succesful strategy.
The problem is really simple to solve.
Politicians represent old people because old people vote. Young people always want to break the system and make a new one, but old people know how to use the existing system to get what they want. .
Young people have all the power they need to be heard, but they just don't take it. They think voting changes nothing, but they don't realize it changes everything.
If young people voted, politicians would be forced to take their issues seriously.
Young people always want to break the system and make a new one, but old people know how to use the existing system to get what they want
yeah no. most young people I know dont know jack shit about politics. they're purely consumers who use TikTok, buy Starbucks and shop on Amazon. Theres nothing breaking the system about them. They don't vote because of lobbyists who make sure they aren't represented. When they feel represented they vote.
No. Voter apathy, arrogance and virtue signalling transcends age and gender.
Yes.
We need to set limits for the age of our politicians. These people are too old and frail to lead.
One day they’re cheating the stock market with insider trading and the next they’re falling down and getting gravely injured.
Or they disappear into a nursing home because of their advanced dementia, or they just turn the capitol into their nursing home, like Feinstein.
Or they’re taking up space on some panel despite their aggressive cancer diagnosis, only to die and delay government hearings.
Old people are ruining democracy everywhere.
They created a system to ensure they have comfortable pensions and now our lives are getting more expensive and more difficult because we have to fund their retirement plans and that's why they refuse to step down because they know they are screwed if we take control and start prioritising OUR generation and future generations so shit like this never happens again, wishful thinking... we're fucked either way...
The generation that was raised on prioritizing short term solutions because the constant threat of nuclear war made any long term planning seem hopeless is ruining the USA???
Yes! Vote 60 or 65 age cap.