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Driving you to this conclusion is part of that plan: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/11/identity-politics-and-the-stoking-of-generational-warfare.html htt
by crdoconnor 8y ago
Driving you to this conclusion is part of that plan:
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/11/identity-politics-and-the-stoking-of-generational-warfare.html https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/11/identity-politics-an...
"A particularly potent political grouping would be for older people, particularly retirees, to team up with young people on economic issues. So it’s not surprising that some political mavens are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen. One of the strategies of the plutocrats comes from financier Jay Gould : “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half,” except this time, they aren’t even having to hire one half to turn it against the other.
Just as I’ve noticed an sharp uptick in women’s identity articles, I’ve also seen a ramping up of generational warfare and anti-baby-boomer messaging (I have as much antipathy towards broad comments about baby boomers as I do women). This phenomenon admittedly has deeper roots, since billionaire Pete Peterson has been campaigning against Social Security and Medicare since the mid 1980s, and presenting old people as something society can’t afford is part of his strategy. But he’s been joined by fresh troops, such as Fix the Debt and billionaire Stan Druckenmiller’s overt campaign to turn young people against older ones, The Can Kicks Back."