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No one age group ("generation") voted Trump into office/power. You can't blame GenX, Boomers, GenY, or Millenials specifically for the current political climate
by sulam 8y ago
No one age group ("generation") voted Trump into office/power. You can't blame GenX, Boomers, GenY, or Millenials specifically for the current political climate. You can't even blame "Conservatives" specifically -- if Trump had only won the Conservative vote he'd have lost the election.
The world is complicated. Reductionism is great for story-telling, but these stories should not be confused for anything other than an approximation, like a map is only an approximation of the territory.
- jen20 8y agoOne age group _overwhelmingly_ voted for Brexit though.
- Loughla 8y agoThat's what I'm saying. The person I responded to was trying to absolve the current generation of the state of affairs which future generations will have to endure. And that's just not accurate. Some things (like Brexit) are solidly on the backs of one generation, but others (oh Trump) aren't as easy to draw distinctions. Therefore, you can't just wave your hand and cast blame on previous or future generations.