return2ozma to politics · 1 day ago'The golden years are not golden’: Boomers are hoarding most of America’s wealth and power because they’re terrified of outliving their moneyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down118cross-posted to: latestagecapitalism
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minus-squareFlyingCircuslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 hours agoDemocracy in a capitalist economy is an illusion. Boomers didn’t vote for this, it was foisted on them. Neither party fulfills the promises they make on the campaign trail, unless the promise is to an oligarch.
minus-squarealmost_genocidelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours ago Boomers didn’t vote for this As someone who phone banks regularly: They absolutely did. I spoke to hundreds of registered Democratic Boomers. They hated Sanders.
Democracy in a capitalist economy is an illusion. Boomers didn’t vote for this, it was foisted on them. Neither party fulfills the promises they make on the campaign trail, unless the promise is to an oligarch.
As someone who phone banks regularly: They absolutely did. I spoke to hundreds of registered Democratic Boomers. They hated Sanders.