8 - 14 October 2018 | 137 comments (137 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: US politics (4.00 / 2)

As Oui and TBG point out, the demographic argument is no clincher. The 65+ cohort do die out, but are replaced by new over 65s with the same set of prejudices. Young people want to change the world, old people have stuff to hang on to, and scare easy.

We may have been right back in the day: don't trust anyone over thirty.

I used to be afew. I'm still not many.

by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Sat Oct 13th, 2018 at 08:05:32 PM EST
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Re: US politics (none / 1)

Will that be true in the future? The way things are going old people may not have so much stuff beyond their student debt.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sat Oct 13th, 2018 at 10:45:10 PM EST
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By that time democracy™ will belong to the past.

I used to be afew. I'm still not many.

by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Sun Oct 14th, 2018 at 03:59:10 PM EST
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Re: US politics (none / 0)

I'm happy to lose Democracy™.

A bit of a shame about real democracy though.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Oct 14th, 2018 at 08:26:11 PM EST
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At least you can't lose what you haven't got.

I used to be afew. I'm still not many.

by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Mon Oct 15th, 2018 at 11:42:30 AM EST
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With one twist: the new over 65s do include more and more Latinos, Asian and other minorities compared to the present wave of old geezers.

To maintain a white minority rule, more techniques must be used: partisan gerrymandering and massive voters disenfranchisement, preferably ethnic minorities.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sun Oct 14th, 2018 at 05:18:38 PM EST
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