• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
    1084·
    12 days ago

    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.

    • BangelaQuirkel@lemmy.world
      513·
      12 days ago

      It’s not a boomer problem. It’s an education problem. Weaponized stupidity is a big problem in a pluralistic society.

    • takeda@lemmy.world
      25·
      11 days ago

      The problem is that people switched to get their news from social media, and our adversaries are using that towards their advantage.

    • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.caEnglish
      251·
      12 days ago

      I don’t think the artist is saying only Boomers have this problem. It is possible to express one’s opinion on one issue without needing to address all similar issues.

      Also it would be rather weird to have a Boomer and a Zoomer together in this situation.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      11 days ago

      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.

      • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        11 days ago

        It’s to be expected. My theory is that millennials grew up late enough that they had access to the early Internet, so they got exposed to all kinds of strange cultures and had to learn tolerance and acceptance.

        The younger generations grew up with an internet dominated by mega corporations, and algorithmic feeds. Unfortunately hostile states and other bad actors have been very effective at exploiting these mechanisms, causing a strong right wing shift simply due to exposure.

        Your brain is strongly colored by what it consumes, of course.

        • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          11 days ago

          That’s a good theory. It’s long been held that the more population dense area of the country skew liberal because diverse people jammed together learn to understand and get along with each other. You could make an argument that growing up on an internet with unfettered voices expressing themselves would be similar.

          But the underlying racism that seems to fuel modern conservatism seems to be growing in all areas. I’m in California, which is about as blue as it gets, but like 40 percent of people voted for Trump.

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
        51·
        11 days ago

        You know that Jesus fella that conservatives seem to love so much? Archetypal liberal. 2000 years ago. Boomers are old but they’re not that old.

        • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          11 days ago

          We lease this mess now, for $0 down payment and 5.6% APR*

          *For 3 years, then APR subject to change on the whims of the owner

          • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
            7·
            11 days ago

            Real talk, I honestly don’t get the point in leasing, or even how it’s different from renting. Sounds more like renting with a different name.

            • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              11 days ago

              Typically, leasing is long term and renting is short term (contract length I mean)

            • Troy@lemmy.ca
              31·
              11 days ago

              You’re correct. They are the same. Loan may also apply.

              However, depending on where you are, there are regional differences in where the terms get used. Locally, you rent an apartment but lease a warehouse (why?). Also, if you rent an apartment and turn over your lease agreement to another person, you are sub-letting the apartment. And “let” also means lease in this context. Err rent. Fuck, I’ve gone cross-eyed

    • webpack@ani.social
      2·
      11 days ago

      mandkind knew they could not change society, so instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the boomers

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
    108·
    11 days ago

    Boomers are all bigoted, sexist, climate change denying pieces of shit?

    … kinda a shitty take there mate. Lots of them are terrible, but so aye lots of people from other generations too, and tarring them all with the same brush is only going to alienate the good ones and make them quite reasonably dislike you.

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
      144·
      11 days ago

      The term boomer refers to a mentality, not to the generation anymore.

      By the current use of the term, yes, they all are, as this use refers to people who refuse change out of irrational belief that old times were better, glorify a violent and fascist past, and deny the existence of modern science because they refuse to adapt their obsolete lifestyle.

        • ripcord@lemmy.world
          41·
          11 days ago

          It seems to mostly just mean “an imaginary person who I don’t like” or “someone older than me”. Or both.

          40+? Boomer. Racist? Boomer. Etc.

          But they’ll also still say it’s a generation. At least in my experience. It’s really lazy.