Should we disenfranchise the boomers?

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Jul 3, 2020 51 Comments

Four years of Trump. And now it's looking like four years of Biden. We would probably have more competent, in-touch people in power...

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  • Oracle
    Xyzzyxyzzy

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    Xyzzyxyzzy
    Who are you? Are you eligible to vote?
    Jul 3, 2020 4
    • Amazon
      enablesucc

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      OP
      It is a joke. But I thought it would be a fun one. Truth is, neither Biden nor Trump not Hillary would've stood a snowball's chance in hell if the boomers didn't vote. I honestly feel like even the GOP nominees would be pretty awesome if young people were out there actually voting.
      Jul 3, 2020
    • Oracle
      Xyzzyxyzzy

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      Xyzzyxyzzy
      Bernie is as bad for this country as is Trump. No doubt we are in extreme short supply of good candidates.
      Jul 3, 2020
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    Onii-Chan.

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    Onii-Chan.
    I’ve always thought 40+ people should retire and leave the rest for us to handle
    Jul 3, 2020 5
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    ieuhqv
    top gov positions should have 65yr old age limit.
    Jul 3, 2020 17
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      D043

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      D043
      "Can you be more clear here?"

      the essence of
      dehumanization is the representation of others as lacking a fully human mind including the
      capacities for conscious experience and rational thought.

      "What are dehumanizing tactics,"

      (1) the active processes of suppressing or denying consideration of others’ minds; or (2) a passive failure to consider others’ minds. Just as people judge harms of
      commission to be worse than harms of omission

      "how do they apply here? and how do they apply here?"

      This applies to your original post through posing the question,

      "Should we disenfranchise the boomers?"

      Then through the statement

      "We would probably have more competent, in-touch people in power..."

      "Who is dehumanizing what?"

      This is an interesting question, specifically "dehumanizing what". can you dehumanize something that is not human?

      If by what you mean who,

      You are dehumanizing people whose generation has been labeled the Baby Boomers.

      "How do these tactics relate to world leaders needing to address the will and emotions of their people as factors among data and facts when making decisions?"

      How does disenfranchising the boomers?

      Source:

      http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/jschroeder/Publications/Waytz&Schroeder2014.pdf
      Jul 3, 2020
    • Amazon
      enablesucc

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      OP
      You're right that the original post I made is indeed duhumanizing boomers. It was a joke, and it's, of course, not the right way to make real progress on anything. I'll totally concede that. Trust me, though, nobody's going after old people anytime soon. I absolutely wouldn't actually ever cast a vote for any politician who expressed favoring disenfranchising boomers. I don't think anywhere close to a majority of Americans would. We're stuck with them.

      Though, you've totally sidestepped my original response to your response in this thread on the subject that y'all were originally talking about.
      Jul 3, 2020
  • We should raise the voting age to 40. Oh wait no one below 40 bothers to show up on election day anyway. Is there a way Bernie can still win ?
    Jul 3, 2020 5
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    Boomer population on blind is close to none. You'll get skewed responses here, courtesy of selection bias.
    Jul 3, 2020 1
    • Amazon
      enablesucc

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      OP
      No shit Sherlock. Blind is also a safe space for Nazis which is why so many of them speak out on here but are huge wusses about it in real life.
      Jul 3, 2020