oppression isn’t generational and trying to frame politics as “the old people are wrong and the young people are right” erases the fact that there are old people who have been fighting the good fight for decades and the fact that there are young people who are literally nazis
Plus while there might be less old people fighting the good fight it’s usually because they were killed or were part of the minorities that have poor living conditions that kill you early
As came up recently, in fact: Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don’t Survive to Become Seniors
I work at a YMCA and honestly? Yeah. I work the morning shift, where the elderly folks come in at the crack of dawn and the old ladies come in for their aqua fitness classes. Are most of them trump supporters? yeah. Are most of them conservative? yeah. But you know what? There actually are baby boomers who hate him, who think kavanaugh is scum, who this bezos is a piece of garbage, and who hate how our generation is getting fucked over by the government they’ve been voting against for decades. when you find a liberal senior, it’s incredibly validating and warming, definitely take the time to talk to them and about their history in politics.





























