"And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate."

Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.

Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.

“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”

From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.

  • Leon@pawb.social
    230·
    2 days ago

    This day and age with a growing positive sentiment toward authoritarianism, anti intellectualism, and fascism, I think some punk would be good. A lot of punk, even.

    • itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 days ago

      Yea I feel this lol. I’ve never put dye in my hair but fuck am I considering it lol. Fuck the system and YES I am 32 who CARES we’re all BURNING

      • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
        10·
        2 days ago

        Is that the message being communicated by the colored hair I’ve been seeing lately? If so, that’s awesome. It flew right over my head.

      • Katrisia@lemmy.today
        6·
        2 days ago

        I just did, same age as you. I’d never changed my hair color, but the clean look and tradwife fashion and whatever need some stronger counterculture (I was already dressed in black all the time).

        It’s surprisingly easy! You need to be careful with the materials, but other than that, it is doable at home. My hair is dark pink-orangey now. I’m loving it.

        • SalamiDommie@lemmus.orgEnglish
          110·
          2 days ago

          Currently trads are the counter culture.

          “Counter Culture” people have been the norm since the late 70s. But people LOVE thinking of themselves as the underdog.

      • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I started dying my hair in my late 20s. It was really uncomfortable then because at least in my area it was very uncommon. Now that I’m turning 40, I’m doing it again, and its a lot more common now so its not nearly as uncomfortable (people stare less these days, cuz they care less)

        • KingPorkChop@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          its a lot more common now so its not nearly as uncomfortable

          That was the point of punk though. It wasn’t about dying your hair purple, it was making it a colour hair wasn’t. It was to be different. Run against the grain of society if you didn’t like the way the grain was going. Be who you wanted to be and dress however you wanted. If someone said boo, you gave them the finger. If someone was racist or a homophobe, we’d scream at them and get in their faces.

          Now that you can buy any colour hair dye in the grocery store, green hair isn’t much of a statement. Same with clothes. The common folk were trying to dress above their class with Izod shirts, a sweater draped over their back, and penny loafers - like they just came from tennis at the country club. Ripped jeans, or worn out 30 year old clothes were considered low class and trashy which is why we loved them. Now you can buy pre-tattered clothes. That isn’t a statement.

          HOWEVER: If you want blue hair, ripped jeans, and a nipple piercing, do it!

        • itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          Hell yeah! I can’t decide on the colour yet. Also I need like, 80% of my hair off anyway. Cheaper and I haven’t seen a hairdresser in 8 months lol. But my guy is on vacation for another week.

          If I don’t like it I can always just shave it off lol. Benefits of being masc presenting (though nonbinary)

          What colour are you thinking of doing?

          • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Maybe the solution is to not limit to one color!

            This time I’m handing the wheel to a friend, since I need someone to bleach for me and that seemed like a good trade, but I’m only brining dyes in the red/pink/blue/purple/turquoise range, I’d be down for a full rainbow, but probably not until its short. Very hard to keep yellow nice during the dye when its waist-length. But I wanna enjoy the long for a bit with color, its fun to braid and looks neat with my hair accessories.

            I tend to use conditioner to cut the color down, so I often end up more in the pastel range. Then sometimes ill do dark streaks in the pastels which looks pretty neat.

            If you hate the color, clarifying shampoo strips it out decently quickly if you are using vegetable dyes. Then you can try it again.

    • Fmstrat@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 days ago

      I loved the phrasing in this one.

      Many will read it as:

      We’re not punk kids anymore

      But it should be read as:

      We’re not pink kids anymore

      We are adults. Punk adults.

      • Leon@pawb.social
        7·
        2 days ago

        Your typo reminded me of something.

        When I was little, we had a children’s TV personality/character called Grynet. Looking at Wikipedia it says that she was supposed to be a parody of a typical teenager, I was a little young at the time, but she strikes me more as this pink princess punk which as an adult I think is wonderfully inclusive.

        Her tagline was “ta ingen skit!”, roughly “Don’t take any shit (from others)!”

    • turdburglar@piefed.socialEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      ya remember how punk rockers used to smash guitars? so anyway, there’s this company called flock safety…