General Discussion

It's not a universal thing by any means. I worked in adult and aging for the state for over a decade, and that whole job was watching older people get economically shafted.

It's a difficult thing to describe, how people get attached to politicians and will eagerly keep them out of misplaced affection and perception that, "Not my kid! It's the other kid that's the problem. Everything my kid does is great!"

Just the gulf in perception between generations. The entire ramp up to the '24 election was wild. Basically everyone under 50 going, "Are you insane?" while most people over 50 were "Wheeeeee! This is a great idea! Don't be ageist!"

And then when exactly what you thought was going to happen does indeed happen, and the leadership whose job it is to avoid that kind of thing sat on their hands the whole time, we still sit at square one. "Not my favorite politician. All his decisions were good!"

I'm not sure you can even talk to people with that mindset.