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Have Americans always been this stupid?
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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Lead poisoning. Leaded gasoline started in the 1930s, but in the 50s and 60s we destroyed our public transportation and then destroyed millions of black homes to build highways through our cities. So leaded gasoline peaked in the 70s.
Oh, and boomers, who have the most lead brain damage, hold all the political power because they hold all the wealth.
Saying that boomers hold all the wealth is not correct, unless you're including billionaires. Your comment is ageist and your blame is misplaced. Placing blame on any age group of ordinary people is both stupid and ignorant at the same time. You're as brainwashed as those you are blaming.
Perhaps they didn't word it eloquently, but they're not wrong.
The elderly are the wealthiest and that affords them tremendous political power, seeing as how young people can't afford to miss a day of work to vote.
They don't hold ALL the wealth, but they do hold the most. And that allows them to contribute more to political campaigns and have an outsized effect on legislation.
You know those scam phone calls from India pretending to be Microsoft? They overwhelmly target the elderly, because their success rate with them is so high. The elderly are without question more gullible when it comes to being taken advantage of over the internet and social media.
The elderly control every branch of our government. Their gulliblity is now something that lets all of us get taken advantage of - not just themselves. They are collectively buying MAGA Hats for the country because some guys on the internet told them it would make America Great. It's clearly not, hasn't, and is a scam, but now our entire country has to pay for it.
Even the best, most well trained guards cannot provide protection if they are too old to lift a shield. Our entire government hasn't been able to lift that shield in decades.
Which explains why 9-11 was "Never Forget," but Columbine is "Always Forget" for every school shooting that's happened since '99.
I was a Sophomore in highschool when Colombine happened, and now my kids get to see others their age die yearly in school shootings while President crime grandpa tells us it's because of trans kids.
It's not boomers as a generation that's the problem, it's that generation is just now old to provide security. At worst, they are too proud to admit their age causes issues in their ability to lead and protect this country. But it unquestionably does.
Reddit/Lemmy has taught people to hate boomers. Doesn’t matter if their hate is accurate or not. They’ve been brainwashed to put all blame on boomers and call anyone they don’t like “boomer” as a “gotcha”.
You are 100% right.
In the end it’s turned into an identity for them.
Boomers aren't responsible for all our woes, but they absolutely have pulled up the ladder. That's not debatable. Voting records prove it.
All generations have done this. There is nothing special or unique about boomers.
Vast majority of people who have pulled up the latter aren’t even boomers.
In your mind anyone older than you is a “boomer”.
Stop with this shit. Unless of course you like being ignored by anyone with a brain.