by John Galt » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:58 am
sazari alot of 30-somethings can come over to the cause. less of the over 40s. hell i know some boomers that hate the boomer generation, my father for one, who wishes more of them had OD'd back-in-the-day and then maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. so there are some improbable bits of help, maybe from a few percentage points of the boomers who would vote for fixing america. i'd say most of gen x could be persuaded. i'm kinda right on the edge of genx/millineal. i think though, for sure, younger people than me are having a harder time than i am and people a bit older are having an easier time. this is why you seem to think they are complicit: they have jobs and a bit of a future, etc. but little of them think they are getting social security or anything or are hopeful in those regards. but the youngest who have no job no future no hope... from that i think they will become even more enraged and it will be the core of the change. you are right that the vengeance will be terrible and swift. i'm not sure if vengeance is the right word, i think it ought be justice
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