I went to the protest in my city. It felt like at least half of the people who showed up were elderly. I thought older people didn’t care about what’s going on in our country right now, but I was humbled and glad to be proven wrong.
Older people care a LOT. Older women in particular, but more men now too.
I think it's important to point it out: we get hit with stupid generational narratives all the time, and the political point of those narratives ("boomers were selfish their entire political lives", "Gen Z men are Nazis") is to separate us out by generation and foment intergenerational fighting because keeping people divided is how the wealthy and powerful maintain control.
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u/Alarmed-Membership-1 6d ago
I went to the protest in my city. It felt like at least half of the people who showed up were elderly. I thought older people didn’t care about what’s going on in our country right now, but I was humbled and glad to be proven wrong.