Oddbean

I wholeheartedly agree. I have seen the WW2/Boomer generation build and participate in a system that is apathetic to the values that have held society together since the beginning of time. I personally have lived with a feeling of uneasiness about it and even railed in my childhood about exactly why the hell there are geriatric people in the Senate who will never see the results of their decisions and so clearly live amongst a generation that has no concern for where we are actually headed. That said, we have access to a wealth of information that they didn’t, so I forgive them if they’re too old to change the world. Just get the fuck out of our way. I feel this on a personal level within my family and would be appreciative of a rallying cry and a cementous identity to combat that apathy.

“Just get the fuck out of our way.” They won’t. This is precisely why I’m exploring the idea. The gerontocracy will cling on til they die in office ala Dianne Feinstein. People thought she was an aberration - no, she is the new normal. If you’re familiar with the debt and unfunded liabilities and the money sitting in retirement accounts which will attract politicians, you will see this. The Boomers are gonna go on the offensive and try to keep the system together for their benefit as it naturally unravels. They’ll do everything to protect their wealth and kick the can of consequences for future generations to deal with. Millennials have to stand up and build the alternative, show people a better way. The system is going to become increasingly decrepit and ineffective as the average age of its representatives keeps going up. Don’t ask them to get the fuck out of the way. Show another way, totally new rails, and bring the next generations in so we don’t repeat Boomer mistakes.

Very true. Their system is getting sick as they do. Getting weaker as they do. Will die when they do. This assumes we can reach subsequent generations. My children understand….that’s as far as I have gotten.

This is your burden. Bringing in your children’s friends. Ideally via their parents but regardless of their hookups, get the kids onboard. Again look to how the leftists went about their slow march through institutions if you need to understand how this works.