r/SipsTea • u/late_to_redd1t • 21h ago

SMH The advice didn't age well.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk 15h ago

5-10 years max.

And they'll be forever gone as a relevant political bloc.

Only worry is they'll burn it all down on their way to the grave.

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u/fishyexe 12h ago

They already are. There's a whole industry built just to take sick old people and keep them alive long enough to siphon all their assets.

Eat the rich y'all, they're already eating you.

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u/goth_duck_returns 8h ago

The youngest boomers are in their early 60s

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u/BigBallsMcGirk 7h ago

Those are more gen X.

Last year for Boomers was 1964, so young end is currently 62. The old end born in 1946 is currently 80 yeara old. The middle is already at life expectancy age.

They currently make up 20% of the voting population. Their peak was in 2007, and dropping ever since, with something like 11k dying every day.

They won't be utterly and totally extinct until like 2070 when the last one dies at 112. But they are increasingly less a share of the voting bloc, and will have less and less representation as their old ass reps die off and new blood enters political races, party positions, and the offices themselves.

They simply aren't going to be relevant by 2032 elections.