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While I don't disagree with a lot of your argument, according to some preliminary research it seems like there's about as many millennials as boomers. Like 77 m
by pfooti 8y ago
While I don't disagree with a lot of your argument, according to some preliminary research it seems like there's about as many millennials as boomers. Like 77 million boomers, 65 million gen x, 75 million gen y.
- Mtinie 8y agoThe count is less important than the buying power. Millennials, as a group, have significantly less buying power than their Baby Boomer peers at the same point in their lives. One source, but eye-opening if you can believe/trust the underlying data: "Only a third of millennials own their own home, compared with almost two-thirds of baby boomers at the same age. It will take a millennial on average 19 years to save for a deposit, compared[0] with three years in the 1980s. A third of millennials will, it is predicted, have a lifetime of renting with less space, poorer conditions, longer commutes and more insecurity than the baby boomers experienced."[1] ----- [0] https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/home-improvements-action-to-address-the-housing-challenges-faced-by-young-people/ https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/home-impro... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/29/millennials-struggling-is-it-fault-of-baby-boomers-intergenerational-fairness https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/29/millennials-....
- psergeant 8y agoWe’ve also not convinced our peers to vote in anywhere near the numbers that the boomers do.
- WalterBright 8y agoThe boomers didn't vote when they were young, either.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoI'm a boomer myself, but I absolutely hope that this can be turned around. Higher voter participation from your generation could do much to reverse some of the really bad stuff that my generation has done.