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

And yet Gen Z turned out for... Trump? He'll surely help the economy and enable a new era of magically plentiful high paying, stable jobs.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (22 children)

Less than half of us voted. As a member of Gen Z who DID vote for Khamala its because the only good thing she does is not be Trump.

A good portion of our generations more liberal/left-leaning side just got done having the shit beaten out of them by cops before getting kicked out of school for protesting against the genocide in Gaza.

What makes you think any of these people want to turn around and vote for a law-and-order ex-DA who's ignoring some of the worst atrocities of our times?

Everyone in this generation who isn't jaded and disillusioned is a fascist or fascist sympathiser (same difference :p). No one has the energy to care let alone vote.

They probably won't until establishment democrats keel over, and unfortunately it looks like medical science kept them alive and puttering until it was too late.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Less than half of us voted. As a member of Gen Z who DID vote for Khamala its because the only good thing she does is not be Trump.

WHICH IS WHY YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE.

God I hate that Americans have decided that you vote for the person you like rather than vote to stop the worst person.

You're never going to get a pony, so do what you can or they'll make you be a pony. And not in a happy way. In a "work in the mines all your life" way.

Oh well, too late now.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I think she got so many votes because she wasn't Trump. And thats it. She was so frustrating as a candidate who was "super Law and Order DA from liberal land, California. She's the best of both worlds!"

Christ she was so bad at being charismatic. I liked her when she made fun of Trump so hard he refused to ever debate her again. But then she tried to play both sides and toured with Liz Cheney. It's like, the entire message of her failed campaign will look at all the answers but the right one: she wasn't an active evil fascist. She just supported fascism her whole life and learned to make concessions to sound more progressive. Gen Z will learn to hate the DNC.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many in GenX does, though.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
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[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe the boomers need to stop working and die, so the better paying jobs and wealth can come to the younger generations.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you're going to get your wish. They're not paying for all kind of social funding (low income housing for the elderly, for example). Yay?

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

It's a shame that my sarcastic comment might have to be taken seriously in 2025, depending on what ORAGNE does.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week. Their parents made the system better, and they assume they didn’t fuck it up.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'd say that they don't remember. They probably did when they first started out. Their first starting out phase was much shorter though.

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[–] skaarl@feddit.nl -4 points 11 hours ago (11 children)

‘Most WHITE boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’ FTFY

People have been working 40+ hours a week for CENTURIES with no hope of affording a house. The housing that non-whites have been able to secure is always tenuous, subject to the racist whims of the ruling class. They could be rezoned, subject to a new law that strips them of their property, or even what happens in Palestine the racist ruling class just bulldozes your house with no compensation.

This is definitely not about Gen Z vs Boomers, but the ruling class wants you to think it is so we don't unite and make heads roll.

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