The thing with the millenial generation is, they are left wing but there also in a permanent state of shock because they were raised in the neoliberal end of history glory years, with the assumption that there lives would be even more materially successful than their parents. It’s a hard thing to wake up from. I know for me personally it wasn’t until quite a while after I had graduated that I started realising just how fucked the world is, sure I was left wing in sentiment before then but not in the way that teenagers nowdays are calling for the abolition of police or the destruction of Israel. But I mean no-one was, those kinds of narratives just didn’t exist outside of tiny, forgotten political enclaves. I’m guessing the next step, assuming things don’t accelerate and stay on their current course (which I doubt), would be that Gen Alpha are actually capable of organising right from the start.
Edit: sorry I just saw you were referring to people over 40, I haven’t had my coffee yet. Gen X I see you I hear you.
Yeah but we’re still in the age of the Boomer, that’s the thing. Most of those communists are probably either dead or funding their retirement from rent money
I’m sure it does happen but if ‘every’ Boomer has that life then that might have more to do with where you are or who you surround yourself with, including radicals.
I’ve met a lot of aging Boomer Leftists who are not even homeowners, much less business owners, and barely manage to survive but understand that’s the life they chose for themselves to keep tonsome revolutionary values. Shitting on a whole generation which includes its working class radicals is really misguided, as you said.
I know what you mean, but there were a lot of violent revolutionary movements that happened worldwide in which people who are now over the age of 45 were the primary participatory demographic.
You can be mad at older revolutionaries for not being successful, and even then the anger is perhaps misplaced, but I don’t think it was for lack of trying.
Ngl sometimes it’s hard to not be mad at every single person over the age of 45 for not murdering at least one fossil fuel exec by now
This was your responsibility assholes, and now I have to live in the world y’all fucked up
People older than like 40 need to start making excuses for the lack of terror
The thing with the millenial generation is, they are left wing but there also in a permanent state of shock because they were raised in the neoliberal end of history glory years, with the assumption that there lives would be even more materially successful than their parents. It’s a hard thing to wake up from. I know for me personally it wasn’t until quite a while after I had graduated that I started realising just how fucked the world is, sure I was left wing in sentiment before then but not in the way that teenagers nowdays are calling for the abolition of police or the destruction of Israel. But I mean no-one was, those kinds of narratives just didn’t exist outside of tiny, forgotten political enclaves. I’m guessing the next step, assuming things don’t accelerate and stay on their current course (which I doubt), would be that Gen Alpha are actually capable of organising right from the start.
Edit: sorry I just saw you were referring to people over 40, I haven’t had my coffee yet. Gen X I see you I hear you.
the oldest millennials are 42 this year and 43 next year.
I’m a Zoomer and if you’re talking about the US, communist party membership was literally like 5 times higher in their days than right now
Boomer bashing is dumb
Yeah but we’re still in the age of the Boomer, that’s the thing. Most of those communists are probably either dead or funding their retirement from rent money
Yea you’re not wrong, every card carrying boomer I’ve met runs/owns a business nowadays lol
I’m sure it does happen but if ‘every’ Boomer has that life then that might have more to do with where you are or who you surround yourself with, including radicals.
I’ve met a lot of aging Boomer Leftists who are not even homeowners, much less business owners, and barely manage to survive but understand that’s the life they chose for themselves to keep tonsome revolutionary values. Shitting on a whole generation which includes its working class radicals is really misguided, as you said.
Not saying there aren’t based boomers but that’s not really saying much, isn’t the CPUSA notoriously ass? Most communists have no interest in it
The boomers tried to do this when they were still young in the 60s. They ended up blowing themselves up on accident lol
I know what you mean, but there were a lot of violent revolutionary movements that happened worldwide in which people who are now over the age of 45 were the primary participatory demographic.
You can be mad at older revolutionaries for not being successful, and even then the anger is perhaps misplaced, but I don’t think it was for lack of trying.