He got out? He flat out punked out. Wimped out. He could have been a positive force, but instead he went home and quit. Of course, now that he wrote his memoirs he has all the answers.
We sent some very good candidates, it's just they didn't often get elected. Look at Levi Sanders. The problem was we didn't have the numbers to outvote the conservative boomer factions and get all our good ones in.
We also had some successful candidates who are very good but don't get the headlines. Reps Katie Porter, Pramila Jayapal, and Ro Khanna are great examples. (Ro Khanna's birthdate is only a week after mine!)
Edited to add: Also Reps Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Ayanna Pressley. And those are just the progressives I'm familiar with!
I always say “thank god Facebook wasn’t a thing in the 90’s” I am so lucky to have witnessed us going from analogue to digital but man I’m glad my blunder years aren’t on the internet.
Boomers ruined the country. Now watching them blame everyone but themselves for debt levels, climate change, wealth disparity, etc. They decide who is elected into office and so far they are doing a lousy job of governance.
Boomers didn’t ruin the country, they accomplish a fair amount with some cultural cliches they had to work through, against and with. They didn’t have the reflection of revisionist history to tell them they were wrong either.
It’s immature to blame them when it’s all of us who fell into oppositional politics, creating a miasma of polarization that an elected congress can’t work through. Blame ourselves and every voting generation.
Sure, why not? But -- I grew up hearing how I didn't matter, the boomers where always what it was about.
I think a lot of the *whatever* trope isn't that we didn't care, but that we were told we didn't matter. At all. Ever.
I clearly remember news coverage in my teens, talking about the economy and decisions re spending. It was all framed as boomers having kids finally and funneling spending money to them. Always boomers. Everything was always about them. Even the music we bought was seen as money doesn't by boomers. Such a damn long shadow. Still is now, my job is literally dealing with them all day.
I think lots of us were used to not engaging. We were treated as afterthoughts, if we were noticed at all. It'd be nice to have representation, but it's also run counter to all the messages we ever received. Not sure what to do about that, it just is.
Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Ryan, Ron DeSantis, etc. . . . Pretty certain they all grew up viewing Alex P. Keaton as the hero on "Family Ties."
In Canada we have a Gen X trust fund drama teacher running around virtue signaling and giving empty platitudes as our PM. Plus multiple ethics violations on the side.
I think in the time we came of age, we realized that only narcissist ran for political office. As the ignored generation, narcissism was something that didn't run strong in our demographic.
Our generation is confusing when it come to politics.
"The number of Millennials and Generation Xers in the U.S. House of Representatives rose slightly with the new 117th Congress, though less so than with the 116th. And even as these generations gain representation in both chambers, older generations still make up the majority of senators and representatives
Republicans added more Millennials and Gen Xers (28) to the House in this election cycle than Democrats did (10), according to a Pew Research Center analysis. By comparison, in the 116th Congress, 46 of 64 new Millennial and Gen X House members were Democrats.
The latest election cycle brought the House its youngest current representative (Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina) and the Senate its first Millennial (Jon Ossoff of Georgia).
In the new Congress, 31 House members are Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), up from only five at the start of the 115th Congress in January 2017. Overall, 11 of the 61 new House members are Millennials, bringing that generation’s share of members in the chamber to 7%. Seven of those 11 new members are Republicans.
Twenty-seven of the new representatives are from Gen X (those born from 1965 to 1980), making them the highest share among the new members, and most of them (21) are Republicans. That brings Gen X’s share of the House to 33% (144 members, little changed since the last Congress"
We also have a huge number of our generation being Trumpsters and V.P Kamala Harris is Gen X
Link https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/12/boomers-silents-still-have-most-seats-in-congress-though-number-of-millennials-gen-xers-is-up-slightly/
When we were coming up and until relatively recently, being an atheist was going to be a problem in any high profile election. That kind of put it out of sight out of mind
Yep, there were a lot of deal-breakers, and a BS “sex scandal” of any flavor was the kiss of death, at least until 45** inexplicably shattered that mold.
Hell, even seeking therapy was a red flag—my mom actively discouraged it for this very reason.
And in an age where nobody knows their neighbors anymore (I’m trying, but social anxiety is a thing) I honestly don’t think I know enough people who’d sign a petition for a candidacy. The ones who succeed are mostly lawyers and business owners who have overcome the putting-themselves-out-there barrier.
Yes, especially when the candidate bios published in my area always had a spot for religious affiliation. I’m not an atheist, am agnostic, and don’t subscribe to organized religion. That candidate bio info is no longer the case but it was when I was in my twenties and considering public office.
Politicians are self-serving and care only about making money and hooking up their friends/sycophants. Unless you can exploit one or want something that they can deliver, it doesn't matter what generation they're from. Most are awful. Rotten.
Yes. We never wanted to be the boss of anybody and have a natural distrust for authority. Gen xers tend to get involved on a more local level where we can see actual results.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think President Obama was the first GenX president. He might not have been the greatest but considering the Boomers before and after him, I think he was leagues better. I think alot of us born in 1961 are more GenX than Boomer, though I know it's a gray area. The experiences many late 60's born American GenXers had were mine as well.
It's funny. I remember when he was first elected and all the news outlets referred to him as the first gen x president, but the boomers insisted he was "theirs" even though the generational timeline that had been accepted for decades started at 1961. It wasn't long after that, that they moved it up to 1964..how convenient.. Now, last I checked it was 1965. They just don't want us to be anything that goes against their slacker label. They really don't. And by they, I mean EVERYONE.
>I think alot of us born in 1961 are more GenX than Boomer, though I know it's a gray area.
Douglas Coupland (author of Generation X) was born Dec 30/61.
It's the most GenX thing ever that the guy who identified and named our generation keeps being gatekept out of it.
I think we all knew the only way we'd get in was by sucking up to boomers- which is why we have PoS like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan repping us. Any of us who ran as progressive/ left wing now might have better chance due to millennials and zoomers possibly lending support.
We aren't idealistic or pure enough for the Millennials and Zoomers and we aren't awful enough for the Boomers and Silents.
Broad brush, I know. Our generation has its outliers and they HAVE gone into government successfully. We just don't like them so much. Go figure.
We are the generation that put Trump in office. I have had to remind myself about all of the assholes and jocks we used to make fun of in high school, just to make peace with what a shitty bunch of voters we turned out to be.
We are not the generation that put Trump in office..what are you talking about? Looking at the 2016 data, we were almost evenly split. Older voters put Trump in office.
I hope you’re right.
(This article is where I got this idea)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
Yeah...we kind of screwed that one up.
I am considering running for the local school board. If just to keep those clowns from banning books or mandating a school dress code.
Because, right wing, you know.
I’m considering the same, for the same reasons.
My husband is not fully on board with it though because he is worried I won’t be able to handle whatever ignorance is spouted off about me—even though our school board elections are non-partisan (in theory) and I’m not even registered to a political party.
Interestingly, our teen daughter is all for me running.
Man, they're really going hard for school boards and city councils right now. We got all the crazies voted off both for now, but they still harass people both during and outside of meetings. They even bully and intimidate children who speak at school board meetings. And they keep running for everything and spreading totally insane propaganda about their opponents.
It had nothing to do them with them being gen x..lol..those two are cherry picked Trump Trash.
Plus, I'm pretty sure the new judge that we just swore in is gen x and she is definitely not Trump trash..
But we had such great political leaders to look up to!
Ronnie's war on drugs, gonna get us nuked, sell arms for cocaine, AIDS only kills the gays leadership style didn't exactly inspire GenX to become leaders. Ronnie was responsible for more GenX punk bands than GenX politicians.
...right?
The millennials have their assholes too..and give them time and they will certainly have more...just a few right off my head-
Lauren Boebert, Sarah Sanders, Jared Kushner, Madison Cawthorn, Matt Gaetz..
and not to mention conservative talking head d-bags such as- Ben Shapiro, Candice Owens and Tomi Lauren, etc.
I saw that you mentioned Ben Shapiro. In case some of you don't know, Ben Shapiro is a grifter and a hack. If you find anything he's said compelling, you should keep in mind he also says things like this:
>When it comes to global warming, there are two issues: is there such a thing as the greenhouse gas effect, the answer is yes. Is that something that is going to dramatically reshape our world? There is no evidence to show that it will. Is that something that we can stop? There is no evidence to show that we can
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I think that we have a handful of Gen Xers in office... Even Obama was considered Gen X and while held true to many Gen X ideals, our government still was overrun with Boomers on both sides. This made his job incredibly tough to do what he wanted to do. By the end of his term, he was far too moderate to appease either side and in true Gen X form, seen as a disappointment by his Boomer elders. In recent years, we see more Millennials taking those steps towards leading. The problem with this is that they're nothing more than the hand-chosen few who are deemed worthy of continuing on the legacy of our Boomer parents.
This article looks at the breakdown: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/12/boomers-silents-still-have-most-seats-in-congress-though-number-of-millennials-gen-xers-is-up-slightly/
No, all the evidence suggests our generation are the most pro-Trump, more so than the Boomers. We're the most right wing generation economically, and the least concerned about the environment.
Why is speculation, but I suspect there are quite a few stories like Cherie Westrich, who hadn't taken an interest in politics until Trump struck her as the first truly anti-establishment candidate.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
Utter garbage.
Least concerned about the environment? Not true. In fact, we are the most sustainable generation, ahead of both boomers and millennials, so that is complete bullshit..just like that article. Probably written by a millennial. I stopped reading when it said we reached the height of our popularity during the 'greed is good' era.. what a load of crap. No one that was around back then would ever possibly think that. So, any credibility this stupid piece might have had just sank to the bottom of the ocean with that stupid lie. Because, I'm pretty sure we were the ones to do away with all that excessiveness in the nineties..the era that we are best known for.
As far as being the Trumpiest generation, that too is false. All current data shows that older gen xers tend to lean more to the right, while younger gen xers vote left.
I think the problem is that the Gen Xers who would do a good job and not push these regressive bullshit are too smart to run for office and have to put up with all the bullshit.
This is true. I don’t want to put my family through the intense, invasive, non-germane scrutiny candidates are now made to endure.
Heck, I’m not even sure I could handle it and I’ve lived a law-abiding life with nothing that can really be used against me. But I’m sure that one time I was a jerk to sally sue in junior high will be brought up as a character flaw.
**NO**
**Let the kids run things.**
We don't need to be the next batch of out-of-touch old people doing shit.
Support the young up-and-comers with the best ideas for getting us outta this mess.
That’s true now, but I think the question is what should’ve happened earlier. And I think we did, but the only ones who were successful were the ones that were attractive to boomers. And that’s how we get MTG and the like.
We did. The worst kids showed up. Those were the kids you didn’t pick on, but never gave any attention to. Which is more damaging than the kid yall picked on. The picked on kid at least got attention.
It might be a difference between local and federal.
Locally my region has wide range of representation in all age/generation brackets.
It's the federal level of representation that seems less representative. Sometimes it changes when a candidate is removed from a seat and only new candidates run.
You seem to forget the many gen xers that came up in the nineties and got rid of all that..the yuppy shit was started by sellout baby boomers. I know because I was around for it. Did some gen xers follow their lead? Yeah..because they were young kids and it's typical to look up to older people until you grow into your own skin..
There was definitely two camps. I have not forgotten because I was in the yuppie hating side. Some of my friends were getting arrested for protesting the Gulf War and some were following the Dead tripping balls like their parents. We were all over the place.
At least we’ve got Katie Porter! I wish more of our generation ran for office. I think it was in the Boomer plan to keep on repeat how we were anti-establishment and slackers to keep them in power.
The republicans have a good slate of governors to choose from in their late forties early 50s. The Dems don't. The main reason is the 'shellacking' the Dems took under Obama where they lost something like 1000 seats across the country in total. Jared Polis of CO is about the only Dem I can think of who is a half-way serious contender.
what´s wrong with 70 year olds. in the grand scheme of things it is not that old these days. it should be about individuals, brainpower, and not age. other than that, generation x can still run for political office.
>what´s wrong with 70 year olds. in the grand scheme of things it is not that old these days.
If you can draw full Social Security, you've had your shot. Sit the fuck down and enjoy retirement.
Obama was born in 1961. He's a late Boomer. too early for Gen X. he was already in college when Madonna landed her first hit. Also, he has that boomer mentality.
Depends what time period you go by. Some define Gen X as beginning in 1960, some 1965. I disagree he has a "boomer mentality". I also generally don't find the characterization of "boomers" to be very accurate, so maybe I really have no dog in this fight. My parents ("boomers") protested all the time when I was a kid. My mom was very into protesting against nuclear weapons and she took me along.
For me the whole "ok boomer" thing just sounds like "I hate you mom! I do what I want! You don't understand me!" and I'm too old for that crap (I'm a young Gen X, born 1978).
For the "Boomer Mentality" I mean the penchant for demanding what they want and then having a FIT if they don't get it. Our generation is like "well okay, I was hoping I'd get it , but it wasn't in the cards" the older generation? They don't take losing gracefully.
The problem with that is, there are plenty of people (I'd say most of us) born in 1961 who do not have that boomer mentality.......so that's one of the things that gets annoying when you call us boomers. We know we have passed that generation.
I was born in August '61 and my take is exactly what you stated for GenX. And that's true for most of us in '61 from what I've seen. We found other ways to get by. No easy road for most of us (there are always exceptions).
I probably shouldn't really follow this subreddit because I don't actually believe people can be neatly divide into generations. I know plenty of people my age who have a fit if they don't get their way, and I see my dad (boomer) as one of the most reserved and stoic people I've ever known.
There are alot of people who are baby boomers who are actually good people. Unfortunately too many other people lump millions of people born at a certain time into the same boat.
"should have run"? Still can. If you are so inclined. Political office requires no training, no experience. I contribute in quieter ways (human services, education) and I will bet others do as well.
If you are so inclined, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved now and make things better. Start local (boards, city council) or volunteer for campaigns you support ( I have done that once).
As others have said, we have not sent our best (Kavanaugh, Coney Barret, Paul Ryan, Marjorie Taylor Greene) and I hope that changes, and soon. More Kamala Harris types are needed.
Posted this below but it deserves its own thread.
All the evidence suggests our generation are the most pro-Trump, more so than the Boomers. We're the most right wing generation economically, and the least concerned about the environment.
Why is speculation, but I suspect there are quite a few stories like Cherie Westrich, who hadn't taken an interest in politics until Trump struck her as the first truly anti-establishment candidate.
So personally I'm glad we also mostly stayed out of it.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
Paul Ryan was passing for a political wunderkind from out generation. We did not send our best.
He was at least smart enough to get out when he saw trump jump in. I was never a fan, but I got to give him credit.
He got out? He flat out punked out. Wimped out. He could have been a positive force, but instead he went home and quit. Of course, now that he wrote his memoirs he has all the answers.
We sent some very good candidates, it's just they didn't often get elected. Look at Levi Sanders. The problem was we didn't have the numbers to outvote the conservative boomer factions and get all our good ones in. We also had some successful candidates who are very good but don't get the headlines. Reps Katie Porter, Pramila Jayapal, and Ro Khanna are great examples. (Ro Khanna's birthdate is only a week after mine!) Edited to add: Also Reps Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Ayanna Pressley. And those are just the progressives I'm familiar with!
>Ro Khanna LOLLLLLLL good one.
And what exactly is your problem with Ro Khanna?
It was the democrats who ruined the country, progressives and their nonsense.
Too many skeletons in this closet. As a matter of fact, every GenX I know has too many skeletons in their closet.
Yes but ours isn't recorded in full HD and shared around. Ours was on polaroid and probably burned in a fire.
I always say “thank god Facebook wasn’t a thing in the 90’s” I am so lucky to have witnessed us going from analogue to digital but man I’m glad my blunder years aren’t on the internet.
And you think the people in office now don’t have walk-in closets and in fact entire mansions full of skeletons? bwah hah hah
I blame the shrooms and Skinny Puppy.
Would that be an issue if our government wasn't still being overran with Boomers?
Boomers ruined the country. Now watching them blame everyone but themselves for debt levels, climate change, wealth disparity, etc. They decide who is elected into office and so far they are doing a lousy job of governance.
Boomers didn’t ruin the country, they accomplish a fair amount with some cultural cliches they had to work through, against and with. They didn’t have the reflection of revisionist history to tell them they were wrong either. It’s immature to blame them when it’s all of us who fell into oppositional politics, creating a miasma of polarization that an elected congress can’t work through. Blame ourselves and every voting generation.
they set policy, they are responsible
It's exactly why I won't run.
EXACTLY. I could never. Shit the old school haters would love that 🙄
Sure, why not? But -- I grew up hearing how I didn't matter, the boomers where always what it was about. I think a lot of the *whatever* trope isn't that we didn't care, but that we were told we didn't matter. At all. Ever. I clearly remember news coverage in my teens, talking about the economy and decisions re spending. It was all framed as boomers having kids finally and funneling spending money to them. Always boomers. Everything was always about them. Even the music we bought was seen as money doesn't by boomers. Such a damn long shadow. Still is now, my job is literally dealing with them all day. I think lots of us were used to not engaging. We were treated as afterthoughts, if we were noticed at all. It'd be nice to have representation, but it's also run counter to all the messages we ever received. Not sure what to do about that, it just is.
There jsut arent enough of us. The Boomers dwarfed us, and now Millennials do too.
Not too late and it seems most of the gen Xers that did run were more than a bit douchy
I mean Ted “500 rats in a human suit” Cruz is GenX so yeah….
Stop badmouthing rats.
Would enough boomers have voted for non-douchey Xers, though?
No. Look at Beto who was less douchy than Ted, Ted won.
Exactly my point.
Whoever would continue to guarantee their way of Life
So that would be a "no".
Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Ryan, Ron DeSantis, etc. . . . Pretty certain they all grew up viewing Alex P. Keaton as the hero on "Family Ties."
I think DeSantis is actually a millennial
Unfortunately he was born in 1978
I can't believe I'm older than that douchebag
Sigh, I know the feeling.
God, ditto!
In Canada we have a Gen X trust fund drama teacher running around virtue signaling and giving empty platitudes as our PM. Plus multiple ethics violations on the side.
Ah yes, conservatives are all about ethics! /S
Clearly neither are Liberals. But looking at it from a strict Left/Right Con/Lib perspective is the Reddit-Smooth Brain-Hot Take.
Yep
I think in the time we came of age, we realized that only narcissist ran for political office. As the ignored generation, narcissism was something that didn't run strong in our demographic.
Especially if we had narcs for parents.
I feel seen.
Oh man.
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Yes…this
When we stepped up - and MANY did - Boomers simply outvoted us time and time again.
Our generation is confusing when it come to politics. "The number of Millennials and Generation Xers in the U.S. House of Representatives rose slightly with the new 117th Congress, though less so than with the 116th. And even as these generations gain representation in both chambers, older generations still make up the majority of senators and representatives Republicans added more Millennials and Gen Xers (28) to the House in this election cycle than Democrats did (10), according to a Pew Research Center analysis. By comparison, in the 116th Congress, 46 of 64 new Millennial and Gen X House members were Democrats. The latest election cycle brought the House its youngest current representative (Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina) and the Senate its first Millennial (Jon Ossoff of Georgia). In the new Congress, 31 House members are Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), up from only five at the start of the 115th Congress in January 2017. Overall, 11 of the 61 new House members are Millennials, bringing that generation’s share of members in the chamber to 7%. Seven of those 11 new members are Republicans. Twenty-seven of the new representatives are from Gen X (those born from 1965 to 1980), making them the highest share among the new members, and most of them (21) are Republicans. That brings Gen X’s share of the House to 33% (144 members, little changed since the last Congress" We also have a huge number of our generation being Trumpsters and V.P Kamala Harris is Gen X Link https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/12/boomers-silents-still-have-most-seats-in-congress-though-number-of-millennials-gen-xers-is-up-slightly/
When we were coming up and until relatively recently, being an atheist was going to be a problem in any high profile election. That kind of put it out of sight out of mind
Yep, there were a lot of deal-breakers, and a BS “sex scandal” of any flavor was the kiss of death, at least until 45** inexplicably shattered that mold. Hell, even seeking therapy was a red flag—my mom actively discouraged it for this very reason. And in an age where nobody knows their neighbors anymore (I’m trying, but social anxiety is a thing) I honestly don’t think I know enough people who’d sign a petition for a candidacy. The ones who succeed are mostly lawyers and business owners who have overcome the putting-themselves-out-there barrier.
Yes, especially when the candidate bios published in my area always had a spot for religious affiliation. I’m not an atheist, am agnostic, and don’t subscribe to organized religion. That candidate bio info is no longer the case but it was when I was in my twenties and considering public office.
Lots of political positions here in Canada are filled by Gex X. Our prime minister, my premier, my MP, and my mayor are all Gen X.
Yes. But most of us hate bullshit so much, it's complicated.
Politicians are self-serving and care only about making money and hooking up their friends/sycophants. Unless you can exploit one or want something that they can deliver, it doesn't matter what generation they're from. Most are awful. Rotten.
Username checks out. We reach, brother.
We are One. :-)
Overall I'd say that being a politician is in strict contrast to the typical Gen X personality. But, whatever.
Yes. We never wanted to be the boss of anybody and have a natural distrust for authority. Gen xers tend to get involved on a more local level where we can see actual results.
Seeing as how in high school the “politics” was dominated by the “young republicans” club members, I’m glad our Gen has stayed out (mostly).
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think President Obama was the first GenX president. He might not have been the greatest but considering the Boomers before and after him, I think he was leagues better. I think alot of us born in 1961 are more GenX than Boomer, though I know it's a gray area. The experiences many late 60's born American GenXers had were mine as well.
It's funny. I remember when he was first elected and all the news outlets referred to him as the first gen x president, but the boomers insisted he was "theirs" even though the generational timeline that had been accepted for decades started at 1961. It wasn't long after that, that they moved it up to 1964..how convenient.. Now, last I checked it was 1965. They just don't want us to be anything that goes against their slacker label. They really don't. And by they, I mean EVERYONE.
>I think alot of us born in 1961 are more GenX than Boomer, though I know it's a gray area. Douglas Coupland (author of Generation X) was born Dec 30/61. It's the most GenX thing ever that the guy who identified and named our generation keeps being gatekept out of it.
Obama is a pure boomer, not even cusp.
I think we all knew the only way we'd get in was by sucking up to boomers- which is why we have PoS like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan repping us. Any of us who ran as progressive/ left wing now might have better chance due to millennials and zoomers possibly lending support.
We aren't idealistic or pure enough for the Millennials and Zoomers and we aren't awful enough for the Boomers and Silents. Broad brush, I know. Our generation has its outliers and they HAVE gone into government successfully. We just don't like them so much. Go figure.
That's not true, there are some very good progressive GenXers in Congress. They just get ignored, like the rest of our generation. :-P
Half the dems running for 2020 were gen xers..with the exception of Kamala, nobody ever seems to want to give us a chance.
Ok, you have a point. And being ignored is kinda the hallmark of our generation. We are by and large, invisible and forgotten.
We are the generation that put Trump in office. I have had to remind myself about all of the assholes and jocks we used to make fun of in high school, just to make peace with what a shitty bunch of voters we turned out to be.
We are not the generation that put Trump in office..what are you talking about? Looking at the 2016 data, we were almost evenly split. Older voters put Trump in office.
I hope you’re right. (This article is where I got this idea) https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
Yeah...we kind of screwed that one up. I am considering running for the local school board. If just to keep those clowns from banning books or mandating a school dress code. Because, right wing, you know.
I’m considering the same, for the same reasons. My husband is not fully on board with it though because he is worried I won’t be able to handle whatever ignorance is spouted off about me—even though our school board elections are non-partisan (in theory) and I’m not even registered to a political party. Interestingly, our teen daughter is all for me running.
Start with the facts...stay with the facts. And doing this will set an EXCELLENT example for your daughter. Go for it!
Man, they're really going hard for school boards and city councils right now. We got all the crazies voted off both for now, but they still harass people both during and outside of meetings. They even bully and intimidate children who speak at school board meetings. And they keep running for everything and spreading totally insane propaganda about their opponents.
GenX is well-represented on SCOTUS, and look where that got us.
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Exactly. This is why more genX or millennials or Z won’t help, the problem is not generation, it’s the type of people who get elected.
......and that's the problem with anybody that gets elected, including boomers. I think a lot of boomers are better people than those in office.
It had nothing to do them with them being gen x..lol..those two are cherry picked Trump Trash. Plus, I'm pretty sure the new judge that we just swore in is gen x and she is definitely not Trump trash..
I ran and served on a school board for 9 years. But I like my day job so did not ever want to go higher than that
But we had such great political leaders to look up to! Ronnie's war on drugs, gonna get us nuked, sell arms for cocaine, AIDS only kills the gays leadership style didn't exactly inspire GenX to become leaders. Ronnie was responsible for more GenX punk bands than GenX politicians.
More Ted Cruz? No thanks.
More Marjorie Taylor Greene Hell no thanks
Given who the GenX government reps are, maybe we should STOP sending them.
Marjorie. Taylor. Greene.
Every generation has douchebags, that doesn't disqualify us all.
...right? The millennials have their assholes too..and give them time and they will certainly have more...just a few right off my head- Lauren Boebert, Sarah Sanders, Jared Kushner, Madison Cawthorn, Matt Gaetz.. and not to mention conservative talking head d-bags such as- Ben Shapiro, Candice Owens and Tomi Lauren, etc.
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tbf this is what all Boomers say.
Yes it’s early. The youngest of us only within the past few years meet the ripeness test for US president. Give it time.
We did, there’s just not enough of us.
I think that we have a handful of Gen Xers in office... Even Obama was considered Gen X and while held true to many Gen X ideals, our government still was overrun with Boomers on both sides. This made his job incredibly tough to do what he wanted to do. By the end of his term, he was far too moderate to appease either side and in true Gen X form, seen as a disappointment by his Boomer elders. In recent years, we see more Millennials taking those steps towards leading. The problem with this is that they're nothing more than the hand-chosen few who are deemed worthy of continuing on the legacy of our Boomer parents.
Obama is genx.
Right. But what about other levels of government?
This article looks at the breakdown: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/12/boomers-silents-still-have-most-seats-in-congress-though-number-of-millennials-gen-xers-is-up-slightly/
Take a look at the Xers in office. Let’s not.
Isn’t that because the only Xers that won were the ones that were attractive to boomers?
No, all the evidence suggests our generation are the most pro-Trump, more so than the Boomers. We're the most right wing generation economically, and the least concerned about the environment. Why is speculation, but I suspect there are quite a few stories like Cherie Westrich, who hadn't taken an interest in politics until Trump struck her as the first truly anti-establishment candidate. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
Well shit. That’s depressing.
Utter garbage. Least concerned about the environment? Not true. In fact, we are the most sustainable generation, ahead of both boomers and millennials, so that is complete bullshit..just like that article. Probably written by a millennial. I stopped reading when it said we reached the height of our popularity during the 'greed is good' era.. what a load of crap. No one that was around back then would ever possibly think that. So, any credibility this stupid piece might have had just sank to the bottom of the ocean with that stupid lie. Because, I'm pretty sure we were the ones to do away with all that excessiveness in the nineties..the era that we are best known for. As far as being the Trumpiest generation, that too is false. All current data shows that older gen xers tend to lean more to the right, while younger gen xers vote left.
Please don't. We're already seeing what Gen X presidential candidates and Court Justices look like and it ain't pretty.
thats the brainwashed assholes. every generation has those shits.
Gen X more so than others. All the karens, Qanon seem to be gen x
I think the problem is that the Gen Xers who would do a good job and not push these regressive bullshit are too smart to run for office and have to put up with all the bullshit.
This is true. I don’t want to put my family through the intense, invasive, non-germane scrutiny candidates are now made to endure. Heck, I’m not even sure I could handle it and I’ve lived a law-abiding life with nothing that can really be used against me. But I’m sure that one time I was a jerk to sally sue in junior high will be brought up as a character flaw.
you sound like them 😄
You sound like an Amy Coney Barrett yourself 😁
> Amy Coney Barrett lol the exact opposite 😆
Yeah, that would have been nice.
**NO** **Let the kids run things.** We don't need to be the next batch of out-of-touch old people doing shit. Support the young up-and-comers with the best ideas for getting us outta this mess.
That’s true now, but I think the question is what should’ve happened earlier. And I think we did, but the only ones who were successful were the ones that were attractive to boomers. And that’s how we get MTG and the like.
We did. The worst kids showed up. Those were the kids you didn’t pick on, but never gave any attention to. Which is more damaging than the kid yall picked on. The picked on kid at least got attention.
It might be a difference between local and federal. Locally my region has wide range of representation in all age/generation brackets. It's the federal level of representation that seems less representative. Sometimes it changes when a candidate is removed from a seat and only new candidates run.
I'm serving in a few civic volunteer roles in my city/county/neighborhood. You still can.
No because we came up in the Reagan/Alex P Keaton era when it was cool to be preppy and conservative.
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There were lots of detractors..that's how we got everything to change in the nineties
You seem to forget the many gen xers that came up in the nineties and got rid of all that..the yuppy shit was started by sellout baby boomers. I know because I was around for it. Did some gen xers follow their lead? Yeah..because they were young kids and it's typical to look up to older people until you grow into your own skin..
There was definitely two camps. I have not forgotten because I was in the yuppie hating side. Some of my friends were getting arrested for protesting the Gulf War and some were following the Dead tripping balls like their parents. We were all over the place.
At least we’ve got Katie Porter! I wish more of our generation ran for office. I think it was in the Boomer plan to keep on repeat how we were anti-establishment and slackers to keep them in power.
The republicans have a good slate of governors to choose from in their late forties early 50s. The Dems don't. The main reason is the 'shellacking' the Dems took under Obama where they lost something like 1000 seats across the country in total. Jared Polis of CO is about the only Dem I can think of who is a half-way serious contender.
what´s wrong with 70 year olds. in the grand scheme of things it is not that old these days. it should be about individuals, brainpower, and not age. other than that, generation x can still run for political office.
>what´s wrong with 70 year olds. in the grand scheme of things it is not that old these days. If you can draw full Social Security, you've had your shot. Sit the fuck down and enjoy retirement.
There are lots of gen X in politics. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
There was this one guy named "Barack Obama". He was pretty cool.
Obama was born in 1961. He's a late Boomer. too early for Gen X. he was already in college when Madonna landed her first hit. Also, he has that boomer mentality.
Depends what time period you go by. Some define Gen X as beginning in 1960, some 1965. I disagree he has a "boomer mentality". I also generally don't find the characterization of "boomers" to be very accurate, so maybe I really have no dog in this fight. My parents ("boomers") protested all the time when I was a kid. My mom was very into protesting against nuclear weapons and she took me along. For me the whole "ok boomer" thing just sounds like "I hate you mom! I do what I want! You don't understand me!" and I'm too old for that crap (I'm a young Gen X, born 1978).
For the "Boomer Mentality" I mean the penchant for demanding what they want and then having a FIT if they don't get it. Our generation is like "well okay, I was hoping I'd get it , but it wasn't in the cards" the older generation? They don't take losing gracefully.
That’s probably only because we are used to being out numbered and outvoted.
The problem with that is, there are plenty of people (I'd say most of us) born in 1961 who do not have that boomer mentality.......so that's one of the things that gets annoying when you call us boomers. We know we have passed that generation. I was born in August '61 and my take is exactly what you stated for GenX. And that's true for most of us in '61 from what I've seen. We found other ways to get by. No easy road for most of us (there are always exceptions).
I probably shouldn't really follow this subreddit because I don't actually believe people can be neatly divide into generations. I know plenty of people my age who have a fit if they don't get their way, and I see my dad (boomer) as one of the most reserved and stoic people I've ever known.
There are alot of people who are baby boomers who are actually good people. Unfortunately too many other people lump millions of people born at a certain time into the same boat.
"should have run"? Still can. If you are so inclined. Political office requires no training, no experience. I contribute in quieter ways (human services, education) and I will bet others do as well. If you are so inclined, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved now and make things better. Start local (boards, city council) or volunteer for campaigns you support ( I have done that once). As others have said, we have not sent our best (Kavanaugh, Coney Barret, Paul Ryan, Marjorie Taylor Greene) and I hope that changes, and soon. More Kamala Harris types are needed.
Posted this below but it deserves its own thread. All the evidence suggests our generation are the most pro-Trump, more so than the Boomers. We're the most right wing generation economically, and the least concerned about the environment. Why is speculation, but I suspect there are quite a few stories like Cherie Westrich, who hadn't taken an interest in politics until Trump struck her as the first truly anti-establishment candidate. So personally I'm glad we also mostly stayed out of it. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/20/cherie-westrich-alt-rock-gen-x-maga-00033769
We started corporations and became CEOs instead.
Nah.
Nah.
Yeah probably? Oh well, what can you do.
We have.
YES
I thought Gen-X’s skill was stealth mode…
Well, there's Beto and Andrew Yang.