All of the folks I know who were progressive when younger are at least as progressive now.
There’s a very large minority of progressive boomers, and a similarly sized large minority of younger conservatives. The differences aren’t that huge. But there’s this narrative that all boomers are right wing assholes that everyone here seems happy to latch onto, while also condemning discrimination of pretty much any other group.
Well, except billionaires - I think we can all agree discrimination against billionaires is justified.
Depends on how you define ‘progressive’, because after the last 34 years of US politics, I don’t even think a citation is needed.
Every Democrat considers themselves progressive, and every president self-identified ‘progressives’ have elected has been more regressive than the last. It was Clinton with DADT, rebranding US warmaking as ‘peacekeeping actions’, or supercharging the gutting of the poor and middle class with his free trade agreements. Then there was Obama, who definitely marketed himself as a progressive, but turned out to be a black Dubya and gassed up fascism and regressive war on terror policies, on top of militarizing police, letting the rich skate after they robbed the globe of trillions, and even made health care significantly more expensive. Then there was Genocide Joe, who enthusiastically funded and armed a genocide and engineered famine, allowed ‘cop cities’ into existence, and saw the cost of living explode and did nothing meaningful to stop it.
And they also supported Hillary Clinton, even as the Dems rigged primaries for her and made the Donald Trump presidency possible.
I think it’s eminently fair to say boomer women did their part in making the current fascist hellscape possible.
I know all that sounds aggressive. I really hate centrists for what they’ve done, and especially Obama for having a supermajority and being a black Dubya anyway.
Citation needed.
All of the folks I know who were progressive when younger are at least as progressive now.
There’s a very large minority of progressive boomers, and a similarly sized large minority of younger conservatives. The differences aren’t that huge. But there’s this narrative that all boomers are right wing assholes that everyone here seems happy to latch onto, while also condemning discrimination of pretty much any other group.
Well, except billionaires - I think we can all agree discrimination against billionaires is justified.
Depends on how you define ‘progressive’, because after the last 34 years of US politics, I don’t even think a citation is needed.
Every Democrat considers themselves progressive, and every president self-identified ‘progressives’ have elected has been more regressive than the last. It was Clinton with DADT, rebranding US warmaking as ‘peacekeeping actions’, or supercharging the gutting of the poor and middle class with his free trade agreements. Then there was Obama, who definitely marketed himself as a progressive, but turned out to be a black Dubya and gassed up fascism and regressive war on terror policies, on top of militarizing police, letting the rich skate after they robbed the globe of trillions, and even made health care significantly more expensive. Then there was Genocide Joe, who enthusiastically funded and armed a genocide and engineered famine, allowed ‘cop cities’ into existence, and saw the cost of living explode and did nothing meaningful to stop it.
And they also supported Hillary Clinton, even as the Dems rigged primaries for her and made the Donald Trump presidency possible.
I think it’s eminently fair to say boomer women did their part in making the current fascist hellscape possible.
I know all that sounds aggressive. I really hate centrists for what they’ve done, and especially Obama for having a supermajority and being a black Dubya anyway.