Boomers are again doing
what they've been doing best their whole lives: robbing future
generations so they can live comfortably now. I know a lot of Boomers
will never vote Liberal, but polls show that a growing number will.
There are contradictory polls, but all of them show increasing levels
of support for Liberals among Boomers. This growing political divide
between older and younger generations is corroborated by multiple
polls. This is a reversal of what we've seen in the past—which was
older generations overwhelmingly voting Conservative. However, if you
know Boomers, you shouldn't be shocked. They'll do what's right for
themselves, without any regard for anyone else.
The generation born
immediately after World War II experienced unprecedented levels of
wealth, privilege, and security. Post-war euphoria triggered an
economic and baby boom unlike anything civilization has ever seen.
That generation, known as Boomers, exploited that prosperity by
giving themselves social security benefits, pensions, an abundance of
social programs, and various welfare schemes that their grandchildren
would never be able to enjoy. Today, as they retire and get closer to
leaving this planet, they want even more.
During most of the
1980s and early 2000s, they voted along the lines of tradition. While
younger generations swung overwhelmingly Liberal, many Boomers (and
older generations) voted Conservative because they were used to
traditional marriages, good jobs, low taxes, and all the other things
they were able to exploit during sixty years of post-war success.
However, as society begins to collapse and go bankrupt due to their
own indulgence and selfishness, Boomers are now looking to save
themselves by taking what is left from Millennials, Gen Z, and the
upcoming Generation Alpha.
A fraction of
Millennials own a home, while virtually zero members of Gen Z own a
home. As time goes by and inflation destroys more dreams, they continue to lose hope. It is becoming increasingly clear that owning a home
was mostly a Boomer privilege. Soon, more will begin realizing that
pensions, low rent, cheap food, and middle-class living were also
unattainable Boomer privileges.
Things will start to
get more divisive and ugly when Gen Z and Alpha start to realize that
Boomers built an elaborate ponzi scheme designed to benefit
themselves at the expense of future generations.
A good segment of
Boomers didn't do any of this on purpose, but they did selfishly
support and take the handouts. A good segment of Boomers won't ever
vote Liberal either, but those Boomers were never the problem. As is
the case with other generations, Boomers had their share of rebels
and contrarians. Those rebels and contrarians are now reading this
and agreeing with most of it.
To all the Boomers who
fought their cohorts and stood up to the establishments of their
time: you are the good ones.
To all the Boomers who
knew what they were doing, or ignorantly went along without
questioning any of it: you don't deserve what you have. It was at our
expense. We're tired of hearing about how amazing and wise your
generation was, while you sit there struggling to send an email.
We're tired of you calling us lazy, while you vacation in Phoenix
every winter because you actually had extra money to invest thirty
years ago. While average members of Gen Z work two jobs to break even
after rent, comfortable Boomers are arrogantly lecturing them about
not working hard enough.
Above all, we're tired
of their parenting advice. Boomers seem to forget who raised the
Millennials they like to complain about.
Now, Boomers could vote
for a corrupt and arrogant political party because they don't know
how to access alternative media, and because they want to collect
more taxpayer handouts. They voted for inflation during the pandemic,
supported the economic destruction of lockdowns, tried to force us
all to get vaccinated to protect themselves—and now they want to
double down and vote for an old white guy who promises to fix all the
problems his own party and its voters created.
With a limited ability
to use technology, or a stubborn lack of willingness to learn how to
use it, many Boomers get their news from CBC, CNN and Fox News. A
tiny minority of Boomers have heard of Joe Rogan, while many
overwhelmingly accept the corporate media's label of him. We all know
Boomers who refer to Joe Rogan as a loonie, or as a “dangerous”
person with “dangerous” views—only because they still think of
CNN as the authority.
Few Boomers even know
what a podcast is. Among Gen Z, podcasts are the number one source of
news, entertainment, and information.
This is probably the
main cause of this emerging political divide. As young people
gravitate to what popular podcasters tell them, Boomers are still
trapped in the old habits of their time. They still read the
newspapers and watch national news broadcasts. Those broadcasts tend
to skew heavily to the left while only presenting information that
bolsters the Liberal establishment's narratives. Podcasters like Joe
Rogan, on the other hand, talk to everyone. Rogan in particular lets
his guests speak freely for hours.
While the corporate
media pushed one pandemic narrative and attacked contrarian
viewpoints, podcasters were letting everyone speak. The pandemic and
how it unfolded is, therefore, the major turning point for what
became a reversal in political views between Boomers and Zoomers.
However, we can't disregard the role played by typical Boomer
ignorance and selfishness. Their wilful ignorance is nothing unusual.
Furthermore, both
Conservatives and Liberals initially supported lockdowns. As
Conservatives began to turn against lockdowns and vaccine mandates,
the party began to lose Boomer votes. Now, under the influence of
corporate media, most Boomers hate Trump—which is influencing their
views of Pierre Poilievre.
Women
Men and women have
always voted differently, but the political divide between the two
has grown exponentially in recent years. Multiple opinion polls show
a strong majority of young women gravitating toward the Liberals and
NDP, while an overwhelming majority of young men gravitate toward the
CPC and PPC.
These numbers are
similar in the United States, where a majority of men between 18-30 voted for Donald Trump.
Again, we can look at
their primary sources of information. Unlike young men, who listen to
Joe Rogan and rebellious personalities and comedians, women are
listening to podcasts about fashion, dating, women's issues, and
celebrity pop culture. Many of the podcasters and personalities that
are popular among young women also happen to be under the influence
of the same traditional Hollywood liberalism that controls most
corporate media.
If you listen to the
same podcasts and TikTok streams as an average teenage girl, you'll
hear stuff about acceptance, tolerance, and transgender rights.
You'll be bombarded by excessive misandry and male bashing. Most of
the podcasts consumed by young women are like what we see in
corporate media, but on steroids.
These media habits are
causing more and more young women to become entrenched in extreme
woke ideologies.
On the other side of
it, more and more young men are listening to personalities like
Andrew Tate. Although more men are listening to (and exposing
themselves to) a wider range of opinions than women, not all of them
are good. Sadly, on both sides, the extremes are fuelling each other.
Extreme feminists help prove Andrew Tate's case, while Andrew Tate
helps prove theirs.
Millions of young women
are looking at Andrew Tate to validate their fears about “toxic
masculinity” and misogyny, while young men are looking at extreme,
woke feminists to validate their own opinions.
To add fuel to the
fire, there is a consistent paradox that has remained intact for
generations. Women are slightly more likely to vote than men, but
they care less about politics. Worse yet, they don't think about
economics like men do. Unlike women, men are constantly thinking
about politics, money, and the Roman Empire.
Women think more about
social issues and their own feelings.
Nothing is more
dangerous in a democratic system than a massive voting block of
people who don't think about economics or politics—but who vote in
higher numbers. While men fret over the state of the economy, most
women fret over non-existent threats to their womanhood, like
abortion and gender gaps. While men consume information about
politics, money, and free speech—women consume fashion advice,
reality drama, and celebrity gossip.
When it comes time to
vote, women seem to make decisions that are more informed by social
activists than by economic and political realities.
In 2015, female voters
pushed Justin Trudeau over the finish line. If you were to ask any of
them why they did it, they would probably shrug and tell you he was a
feminist. Some might be more honest and tell you it was because he
was a good looking feminist with nice hair. As for his policies and
promises, all his female voters knew was that he was pro-abortion and
pro-gay. They didn't care about whether he could balance the budget,
or about whether the budget could balance itself.
For a growing number of
men, the voting habits of women are becoming a serious problem. Those
habits aren't as innocuous as they were twenty years ago. The trivial
social issues consuming the minds of female voters is having a huge
socio-economic impact on our lives. Liberal policies have decimated
the middle-class, caused a housing crisis, and destroyed our quality
of life. Yet, somehow, women are ready to compound the damage.
Solutions
The first step is for
young men to vote in large numbers. No more being complacent, no more
playing video games. It's time to vote using all available methods.
Absentee voting, mail-in voting, late voting, in-person
voting—whatever is available and most convenient. Men, specifically
young men, need to show up.
Secondly, ditch the
Andrew Tate stuff. The guy makes a lot of good points when it comes
to a lot of things, but don't let that make you think he's right
about women. He's not. A woman's only job is not to answer to her
husband, or to obey her husband. That shit is nonsense and will only
make your thoughts less appealing to women. If we want to convince
women that right-wing ideals make more sense, people like Andrew Tate
aren't helping.
We can't forget that
conservative and right-wing women exist in big numbers. More than 30%
of women will vote for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives in the next
election. Lets not alienate them with hyper-masculine, small dick
chauvinism.
As for Boomers, let's
try to enlighten them the best we can. Play your grandpa some Joe
Rogan on his speakers, or on his television. Start the conversation
with, “Hey gramps, I heard this really interesting interview. Wanna
hear it?” The old Boomer will probably be happy to connect with his
grandkid. If your parents are Boomers, do the same.
As kids and grandkids,
we may need to put forth more effort.
In Canada, we probably
only have a few months until the next election, so we don't have a
lot of time. Women are going to keep caring about trivial social
issues and fretting about gender gaps, but if we can get them to see
the bigger picture, we could sway them. Show her Canada's national
debt and ask her what she thinks we should do to bring it down. Have
a nice conversation with her and ask for a serious answer. Her
solutions might surprise you.
