• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Gen Y is the largest generation right now.

    All of voting age. Followed by Gen Z (not all of voting age - yet), then Gen X, then boomers.

    I mean, what happened in the past as you describe as a result of the huge numbers of boomers is entirely possible. I’m Gen X, so believe it when I say I have my share of resentments about how we were overshadowed nearly our entire lives by boomers, and then the spotlight jumped right to Gen Y, but all because of numbers, and not any unique traits to either Gen Y or boomers or to Gen X.

    But at this point, blaming boomers for what is happening now is rather…interesting, I have to say. They are the 4th largest group.

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      6 minutes ago

      They have most of the wealth and the power. They’re the ones doing the fascism. Every generation is doing their part on that fucked up front but the buck (literally) starts and stops with the boomers for the most part.

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      39 minutes ago

      Also Gen X and I don’t blame them for the current state of things other than them being responsible for the groundwork that led to where we are and blocking progress as long as they did.