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by yotamoron 1104 days ago
Well, its very simple - millenials and GenZs have no political power, so the hangry wolves are just eating the food from their plates.

Drugged and blinded by social network, mobile apps, insane conspiracy theories and radical agendas, they keep missing the most obvious of things - there are no free meals, and all the sharks and wolves of the world will eat away on your hard work if you will not fight for it. What's right is not important - what's actually happening is.
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codingdave 1104 days ago
Millenials and GenZs have all the political power if they just stand up and take it. The younger generations can change the entire demographic of the elected leadership if they so choose.

Why else do you think the older powers are trying to control who votes? Why else is there so much false rhetoric trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter?

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anonymouskimmer 1104 days ago
The only way political power translates to economic power is through socialism (when considered not just to be control of the means of production, but control of everything, including living arrangements). And while certain things are socialistic in Western countries, it would be a dramatic upheaval to make everything socialistic.

In the US there's only about 107 million Millennials and GenZers of voting age. This compares to about 150 million of GenX and older. Some of those people undoubtedly can't vote due to citizenship constraints, but Millennials and GenZers certainly can't control political power, even if they unified. https://www.statista.com/statistics/797321/us-population-by-...

2022:

GenZ = 69.58 million, 1997-2012 births, so about half can vote.

Millennials = 72.24 million

GenX = 65.37 million

Baby Boomers = 68.59 million

Silent = 18.29 million

Greatest = 670 thousand

This distribution appears to be similar for the UK: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...

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jhanschoo 1103 days ago
What do votes matter when just about every politician with reach got there by corporate sponsorship, and regardless of campaign promises hear most loudly the interests of lobbyists once in office?
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