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The american expression "senior citizens" as a euphemism for "old people" disenfranchises non-citizens (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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The expression would make sense if used when you genuinely mean someone who has citizenship, but its current usage is just a synonym to “elderly folk”.

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[-] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

There's nothing non-intentional or implicit about denying the franchise to noncitizens. For the vast majority of countries, that is the way citizenship is expressly designed to work as an in-group. Citizenship is generally meant to discriminate against outsiders.

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