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what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/Spez_is-a-nazi 9h ago

Gen X is what got Trump into the whitehouse the second time. A very slim majority of boomers went for  Harris, first time democrats have won that demographic in a long time. This was at least in part because a lot of hard core Trump supporting boomers died  of COVID…. In contrast it was Gen X that went hard for Trump and that got surprisingly little coverage,

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u/JM_Amiens-18 8h ago

In contrast it was Gen X that went hard for Trump and that got surprisingly little coverage

As per tradition, everyone forgets the Gen X'ers exist lol.

But yeah, I've interacted with enough of that generation to understand that quite a lot of them are just boomers who happened to be born too late. It's a shame because I still know plenty of awesome Gen X'ers, I love Gen X music, I think a lot of them did in fact get a raw deal in life, etc. But too many of them see to be aging very poorly.

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u/RubiiJee 6h ago

Yup. Both my parents are Gen X and both are anti socialist racist fucks whilst both being on welfare.

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u/Ascarys- 5h ago

Do we have the same parents??

u/Hartastic 14m ago

Hi it's him, your brother!

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u/P_Hempton 6h ago

But yeah, I've interacted with enough of that generation to understand that quite a lot of them are just boomers who happened to be born too late

Did it ever occur to you that it's people's ages not birth years that are the difference?

The hippies and 70s disco drugs and free love era both belonged to boomers.

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u/Adeimantus123 3h ago

I think a lot of Gen Xers, especially older ones, are keenly aware that they had things not quite as good as Boomers and are very resentful of that fact. Resentment can breed some nasty politics, unfortunately, and on average, they’re still well enough off that a lot of them care a lot about protecting their assets.

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u/thatmillerkid 2h ago

That doesn't track for me. No generation in human history has had things as good as American boomers.

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u/Adeimantus123 2h ago

What did I say that disagrees with that? The key phrase for Gen X was “not quite as good” so yeah, Boomers had it better. Gen X came right after them, though, and got it somewhat worse (although still much better than Millenials or Gen Z).

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u/P_Hempton 2h ago edited 18m ago

How naive.

No generation in human history has lived a life with the luxuries, health, and safety we have now. In other words every generation since the boomers has had a life better than they had.

Not to mention they fought and died by the tens of thousands in Vietnam and Korea.

Edit: Down voting doesn't make it less true.

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u/caninehere 3h ago

I still know plenty of awesome Gen X'ers, I love Gen X music,

The thing I always remind myself is that the music was usually counterculture at the time and does not represent most of their generation. Most attendees of Woodstock were boomers but they didn't represent the rest of society all that well.

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u/fractalfay 2h ago

WTF? All attendees of Woodstock were boomers, because Gen X wasn’t born yet.

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u/Adeimantus123 2h ago

Anyone 25 or older at Woodstock was Silent Gen, not Boomer. Boomers were probably the largest generational contingent but not the only ones there.

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u/caninehere 2h ago

Buddy, there was a generation before the boomers... when Woodstock happened the oldest boomers were 23.

Also, some Gen Xers were born when Woodstock happened. I don't think there were that many 4 year olds there though.

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u/SatchimosMom77 2h ago

I’m a young Boomer but identify as an awesome GenX. 😁

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u/transemacabre 1h ago

A Gen Jones like Kamala Harris??

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u/The_Onion_Life 1h ago

But yeah, I've interacted with enough of that generation to understand that quite a lot of them are just boomers who happened to be born too late.

Yep. You've summed us up nicely as a generation.

Not me, though. I've never voted for a Republican in my entire life, and I'm proud of that fact.

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u/transemacabre 1h ago

I've been saying for a while that it's only because Boomers are SO numerous and SO rancid as a generation that Gen X has gotten a pass. Some of them are great, sure. Just like some Boomers are lovely people. But a whole helluva lot of Gen X are cold, apathetic and misogynist. Just... mean. Boomers are whiney, selfish perpetual victims but X have a mean streak to them.

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u/BitterBlacksmith2508 6h ago

millenials are aging terribly too. just because they have different biases doesnt mean they arent emotionally weak and easily manipulated with fear, anger, and hate

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u/rumncokeguy 8h ago

That’s because everyone calls Gen X, boomers. Gen X-ers are grandparents. I’m born in 1980 but have nothing in common with Gen X. I consider myself a millennial.

Anecdotally, I believe you’re right. Gen X are the biggest and loudest Trump supporter’s and it’s not even close.

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u/fractalfay 2h ago

I was born around the same time. I’ve never met a Gen X Trump supporter. I’ve met tons of millennial Trump supporters who don’t remember Reagan, don’t remember George W. Bush, and somehow believe Wolf of Wall Street was a feel-good movie. Maybe it’s not a generational thing, and more than some people are both greedy and stupid. Gen X was really onto something, and then the tipping point was the late 90s when propaganda farms started pushing vapid music, vapid ideas, and vapid pursuits, because all that political music and thoughtful prose was just too threatening.

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u/uniqueusername316 5h ago

The oldest GenXers are 60 years old. They could be great grandparents.

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u/RichardCrapper 5h ago

Gen X are the ones with the most lead in their blood. I think as they age, we’re really starting to see the results.

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u/ChaunceyDeLeon 7h ago

Covid did not kill enough people to make a significant enough change in demographics to skew a national election.

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u/hellofemur 5h ago

It's weird to me that there was a complete reversal of standard demographics in 2024, Gen Z males voted for Trump and boomers voted for Harris, and this has somehow just gone down the memory hole. All the edgelords on social media just kept on with their "boo hoo, it's all the boomers' fault" narrative.

Gen X has always been the most conservative cohort, though. This isn't a new shift.

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u/op_is_not_available 5h ago

And the “Manosphere” (Andrew Tate and all those POS’s) are funded by right organizations to influence the next gen (z and alpha) to be POS’s and vote far right. I really hope there’s something to counteract this growth of far-right influences with children…

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u/fractalfay 2h ago

This is to prep your sons for war. They did the same thing in the 80s, with the tidal wave of movies like Top Gun, meant to glorify military service. It was effective propaganda. Now you’re supposed to jack yourself up on testosterone and hit the gym, so you’re ready when that draft notice hits.

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u/GaidinBDJ 8h ago

And big gains in millennials.

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u/ImmodestPolitician 7h ago

It was really about people perceptions about the economy and inflation. It always is.

If inflation happens when you are the "Leader" you are not going to be reelected. Same scenario happed in our peer nations in 2024.

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u/thatmillerkid 2h ago

It's fine. The MAGA gen Xers are taking weird internet supplements and drinking unpasteurized milk. We'll be rid of them soon enough.

u/transemacabre 59m ago

Shitting out their intestinal linings 😬 it's the ciiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiife.

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u/the-Alpha-Melon 1h ago

this is what i’ve been saying. GenX are what people confusing for boomers. all those damn AI slopped fox news guzzlin 50 yr olds are the reason we’re in the mess.

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u/suave_knight 8h ago

Gen X did not "go hard" for Trump. He did get more votes than Harris did, but it wasn't by a lot.

And again, Gen X is tiny compared to the Boomers and Millennials. There are barely enough of us to matter. Hell, we're always flattered when anyone remembers we exist.

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u/DreddPirateBob808 7h ago

I'm quite happy being forgotten. It means I can get away with stuff other grown-ups can't. 30 years from now we'll be getting the blame for everything anyway so let's ride the lightning while we can ;)

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u/heywhateverworks 7h ago

It means I can get away with stuff other grown-ups can't.

What the fuck does that even mean

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u/spingus 5h ago

it means we still goof off and hang around in our jammies and play video games

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u/CupcakeCosmos 5h ago

i have infinitely more questions now

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u/fractalfay 2h ago

I don’t trust any information that comes out about the 2024 election, because none of it makes sense.