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As Gen-Xer I fully agree, I don't get the way things are with obedience, the rediculous situation that American families can lose their kids by having them play

• dhosek 8mo ago
  And yet Gen X is the demographic that fell hardest for Trump.
  • pjmlp 8mo ago
    Was it? I am not on US. If anything it is all about boomers, gen z and rednecks on YT and TikTok when going over MAGA and Project 2025 videos. As far as I am aware, the people that didn't gave a damm to elections and ignored their right to vote, are the main reason.
    • bdangubic 8mo ago
      this isn’t true either, 2024 election saw the highest number of people voting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States...
      • pjmlp 8mo ago
        So what happened to those 34.7% voters that had better things to do than cast a vote? https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-voting-registration-tables.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-pre...
        • bdangubic 8mo ago
          The exercised their rights not to vote. The “losing” side always thinks that higher turnout would have led to them “winning” which of course is a cry of a sore loser. The fact remains, 2024 election had the highest voter turnout ever and people have spoken (till the next one when we might get a chance to elect some adults to fix this shit)
          • actionfromafar 8mo ago
            There's a next time? I wouldn't bet on it.
            • bdangubic 8mo ago
              every year we hear the same thing but wheels keep on turning. we will vote again, we will make more mistakes in 2026/28/30... this "there will be no election" comments are quite silly in my opinion, America gets stupid from time to time but we get the fuckers out and try something else (which inevitably leads to some progress followed by more failure followed by...). Just remember it always comes down to - "it is the economy, stupid" - and economy is in absolute shambles and will get a lot worse before November and it'll be a massacre for the ruling part much like in 2018
              • actionfromafar 8mo ago
                I hope you are right, and that ICE isn't outside polling stations come November, pulling you away (just to "check your ID" for a couple of days, you know!) if you are a registered Democrat or look too brown or gay.
              • dhosek 8mo ago
                What worries me is that we are seeing unprecedented levels of lawlessness and open corruption in the presidency and a guy who has been open about his desire to be a dictator. Given what he did after the 2020 election I don’t see much hope that he would allow a congress to be seated that would impeach him.
          • ryandrake 8mo ago
  • benterix 8mo ago
    This is not true: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls
    • rkomorn 8mo ago
      I'm confused. The poll shows ages 45-64 had the highest percentage of Trump voters (54%). Is that not confirming that Gen X (1965-1980, so ages 44-59 in 2024) was the most pro-Trump?
  • wartywhoa23 8mo ago
    Gen X is the demographic that doesn't believe that elections are anything else but a clown show.
    • bonesss 8mo ago
      Based only on lived experience.