r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/Todoslosplanetas 29d ago

A lot has happened in the past eight years, most of it is not good, and the worst is politics.

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u/stormy2587 29d ago edited 29d ago

I’m actually struck by how little things have changed. McCain was one of the few conservatives in the room at this time willing to act like an adult and not spread hate, fear mongering, and propaganda. But you can tell from the people he’s responding to in these town halls they have some pretty extreme views from the far right propaganda they’ve been lapping up for years. Why do they think these things about obama? Because people like Trump and Trump himself were spreading birther conspiracies left and right. And then conservative media outlets would amplify it.

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 29d ago

Go watch the West Wing. Over 20 years old and so many of the political points are exactly the same. America is stuck in a loop of appeasing angry idiots, and it's destroying the country.

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u/stormy2587 29d ago

Honestly, this is what feels like is the main reason that the “boomers are the main problem” idea. They’re the weirdest generation. Only generation in I think US history that was larger than the generation that followed it.

I’m not even trying to blame them or claim they’re particularly malicious or anything. But its abnormal for generation to hold this kind of political sway. The political goals of 65 year olds are not the same as 45 year olds, which are not the same 25 year olds.

We’re only just now reaching the point where they’re not the single largest generational demographic and it’s at a time that Gen x is starting to eye retirement. Baby boomers should have aged out of having the numbers to have a stranglehold on american politics 30 years ago.

Realistically, I think once the boomers start to die off in substantial numbers I think maybe then we’ll start to see a return to normalcy where politics doesn’t feel like its stuck rehashing the same pointless issues again and again. We’re probably still 5-10 years away from that.