When will Gen X step up to POTUS?

[87manche]

I'm Gen X, but I am also a realist. I don't want to burn it all down, that's what the Marxists want to do. I want to promote freedom and get the gub'mint out of people's lives and way. I'm also not for anarchy. I'm kinda like a veteran version of Thomas Massie. I'm for letting people do what they want to do, but I'm also for killing the fuck out of bad guys.

government is the single most evil thing I deal with on a daily basis.
There's no scaling this monster back to what it should be at this point.
so the only way we're getting there is burn it all down, have the ideological fight, and make sure that the commies don't fucking win.

 

[Roc Doc]

We're not interested thanks.
Just leave us alone like our parents did after school.

Still dreaming about you glory days in AYSO.

 

[Roc Doc]

Age restriction is needed. You are ineligible to run for office if you will be 65 or older on inauguration day.

Ive said this for some time. Agree 100percent

 

[Grnjp92]

government is the single most evil thing I deal with on a daily basis.
There's no scaling this monster back to what it should be at this point.
so the only way we're getting there is burn it all down, have the ideological fight, and make sure that the commies don't fucking wi

Still dreaming about you glory days in AYSO.

Sorry unless you are directly related to me I don't care about you, atleast enough to support you after your money runs out

 

[Grnjp92]

Sorry unless you are directly related to me I don't care about you, atleast enough to support you after your money runs out

I hope you didn't spend all your money on hookers and Porsche

 

[FleshEater]

I was think8ng about running for office…not GenX, born in 84’, but then I was reminded if you’re not part of the establishment they will DESTROY you.

 

[Mr.Ratbastard]

maybe gen X aren't as corrupt kiddie molesters as the Boomers we have in office now? or maybe they have more of a soul than the boomer politicians? maybe they have a hard time with money laundering?

i don't know, just spit balling

They like to call that "acting presidential"

 

[Grnjp92]

I was think8ng about running for office…not GenX, born in 84’, but then I was reminded if you’re not part of the establishment they will DESTROY you.

Even if you are in a small town. If you're not part of the in crowd you may get in for a term. But you get nothing done.

 

[Speedy]

Boomers overshadowed our lost generation since the beginning. Too many of them and they won't give up control until they age out. We aren't well represented in congress - boomers still have a large margin. 45 to 38 in the House and 66 to 23 in the Senate.

 

[Ovrez]

Just leave us alone like our parents did after school.

That's how I was as a kid

Still too many boomers voting.

I will keep voting til I die, most likely even after I die

maybe gen X aren't as corrupt kiddie molesters as the Boomers we have in office now? or maybe they have more of a soul than the boomer politicians?

Does not matter what generation it is once a politician most be become corrupt with greed

Too busy pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps and focusing on our careers <<< this was me also

Maybe in 20 years a Gen X will step up to run for President but I’d rather see a Millennial. Someone in their 40s instead of the 55+ age restricted community member who thinks Billy Idol is good music.

I will vote for whom I think will be best overall

Because GenX was raised being told to shut up and sit down. GenX was raised understanding that no one gives a fuck about us. GenX raised themselves because no one gave a shit about us.

I was told to shut up and sit down. I raised myself because no one gave a shit about me.

government is the single most evil thing I deal with on a daily basis.

I have known this since 1969, The government has not changed since then.

I have what I have because I hard worked for it. I received no help.No handouts, It was not easy.
All of you putting labels and whining about generations are listening to what the government has told you.
I learned all I needed to know when I got my draft number and watching and paying attention to what was going on
No matter what generation in is office they are all the same right now.

I agree with burn it all down and start over.
It is the only way to make any kind of changes now that politicians are almost instant millionaires.

I am not a boomer, Maybe a Hippy, But I was born in 1955


Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It's gettin' kinda long
I coulda said it wasn't in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Yes, I feel like I owe it to someone

Must be because I had a flu for Christmas
And I'm not feeling up to par
It increases my paranoia
Like looking at my mirror and seeing a police car
But I'm not giving in an inch to fear
'Cause I promised myself this year
I feel like I owe it to someone

When I finally get myself together
I'm going to get down in that sunny southern weather
And I'll find a place inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff
I feel like I owe it
To someone, yeah

 

[Grnjp92]

Boomers overshadowed our lost generation since the beginning. Too many of them and they won't give up control until they age out. We aren't well represented in congress - boomers still have a large margin. 45 to 38 in the House and 66 to 23 in the Senate.

Unfortunately that is the reality for most of my friends . We have jobs, businesses, elderly parents with issues, and maybe teens or 20 year Olds. So we do our best to keep all our income in the house. Because we have been fucked for a while.

 

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We have to stop voting

fixed

 

[Ebs]

government is the single most evil thing I deal with on a daily basis.
There's no scaling this monster back to what it should be at this point.
so the only way we're getting there is burn it all down, have the ideological fight, and make sure that the commies don't fucking win.

That'd be the worry with Revolutionary War 2.0, the constitution is pretty good, I'm not so sure we'd come out of it with something better.

I'm fully on board with gutting the place to the studs Argentina style.

 

[RunningProblem]

I was told to shut up and sit down. I raised myself because no one gave a shit about me.


I am not a boomer, Maybe a Hippy, But I was born in 1955

I’m sorry…is GenX looking for some attention? You should be worrying about social security ending before you’re eligible.

 

[JR4X]

Never. Because rich old white people are the flagship of the younger generations who claim they hate rich old white people.

You know who love them some Nacy Pelosi? College kids.

 

[Thatg9659]

That'd be the worry with Revolutionary War 2.0, the constitution is pretty good, I'm not so sure we'd come out of it with something better.

I'm fully on board with gutting the place to the studs Argentina style.

Yeah that’ll happen

That’s what needs to happen but, tens of thousands of suddenly unemployed people would take to the streets and protest. The media would cover it as the most IC IST ISM thing ever.

 

[Ovrez]

I’m sorry…is GenX looking for some attention? You should be worrying about social security ending before you’re eligible.

I already get social security around $3800 a month, Thanks for contributing
I still work part time and contribute

 

[RunningProblem]

I already get social security around $3800 a month, Thanks for contributing
I still work part time and contribute

sounds like age restricted community speak for ‘livin the dream’.

 

[Ovrez]

sounds like age restricted community speak for ‘livin the dream’.

I am in no way restricted, I am not a community.
I have yet to find "livin the dream" As I do not live in a dream world.
But I have accepted life as I know it, Not how others think it should be.
Keep reaching and you may eventually find it.

 

[Grnjp92]

fixed

Naw we need to stop paying taxes.... and on aliat

 

[trampas]

That's how I was as a kid

I raised myself because no one gave a shit about me.



I have what I have because I hard worked for it.

I agree with burn it all down and start over.


I am not a boomer

Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It's gettin' kinda long
I coulda said it wasn't in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Yes, I feel like I owe it to someone

Must be because I had a flu for Christmas
And I'm not feeling up to par
It increases my paranoia
Like looking at my mirror and seeing a police car
But I'm not giving in an inch to fear
'Cause I promised myself this year
I feel like I owe it to someone

When I finally get myself together
I'm going to get down in that sunny southern weather
And I'll find a place inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff
I feel like I owe it
To someone, yeah

Pretty much, yeah.

 

[Ksand]

I wouldn't want my entire life dissected or put my family through all of the bs of living under a microscope. There's also no way I could put up with the medias bs very long until I told a reporter to go fuck himself

 

[DannyK]

I’m sorry…is GenX looking for some attention? You should be worrying about social security ending before you’re eligible.

I'm counting on my 401k for retirement. If i get a SS check, then that will just be extra.

 

[Pony_Driver]

government is the single most evil thing I deal with on a daily basis.
There's no scaling this monster back to what it should be at this point.
so the only way we're getting there is burn it all down, have the ideological fight, and make sure that the commies don't fucking win.

You sound like those Bernie bro's who were going to start a revolution instead of getting jobs.

This country is awesome. The Constitution of the United States is awesome. I am all for trimming back government overreach, the recent Chevron deference case in SCOTUS is a huge win. I think you think it is as simple as tearing down an old house and starting over, but it's not. Not to insult your intelligence but a country is a complex system of systems. Nothing good will come from wrecking it overnight.

Look at the show Clarkson's Farm. He has single handedly highlighted how bad overregulation is for farmers in the UK. A lot of people are waking up to just how bad the regulatory environment is in many places. Those administrative states were not built overnight and they won't be removed overnight in most cases.

 

[Jscwerve]

Obama was technically a gen X and I have heard a convincing argument that he will be the only one. Realistically unless they suddenly find some motivation in their 60s it's a lost generation.

The youngest Gen X people are still in their mid-40s. I'm 46 and there's three years of people after me. Not young by any means whatsoever, but still have 20+ years before retirement.

I can only speak on what I see with all of the people I know. Most people I associate with that are my age or close are all working our asses off and FINALLY making it to a place where we have some free time to even look at politics and doing something.

Of course, I'm also one to sit back and watch it all burn. The country gets the leadership it deserves. I'll continue to throw my away by voting third party for major candidates.

 

[Poke]

Or they will just sit in the dark listening to Nirvana, and it will be a dark horse Millennial.

WWII generation had Eisenhouer, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and GHW Busch.

Boomers were Clinton, GW Bush, Obammy, Trump and now Biden.

Long past time for some younger blood, but what do we have more loud talking Boomers on deck.

Camera phones..

 

[87manche]

You sound like those Bernie bro's who were going to start a revolution instead of getting jobs.

This country is awesome. The Constitution of the United States is awesome. I am all for trimming back government overreach, the recent Chevron deference case in SCOTUS is a huge win. I think you think it is as simple as tearing down an old house and starting over, but it's not. Not to insult your intelligence but a country is a complex system of systems. Nothing good will come from wrecking it overnight.

Look at the show Clarkson's Farm. He has single handedly highlighted how bad overregulation is for farmers in the UK. A lot of people are waking up to just how bad the regulatory environment is in many places. Those administrative states were not built overnight and they won't be removed overnight in most cases.

the flip side of that is the writers of the Constitution also talked at length about the duty of citizens to reject a tyrannical government with force.

It would be great if we could all agree to strip it back peacefully, but that shit is never going to happen.
Call me jaded or cynical or whatever you want, but
I've been voting for third party candidates my entire life and people just tell me I'm wasting my vote. Right after they tell me how both major party candidates suck. The duopoly owns everything from the top down in the government and they're never going to give up that power willingly.

edit:
just to follow up on this thought. I tried peaceful once.
Was most of the way through getting the libertarian party recognized in my county so we could run candidates, then the state legislature changed the "minor party" ballot access laws and basically made the requirements unattainable. Of course the "major parties" were automatically granted status, but the "minor parties" would have to canvas and get signatures every election cycle unless they met a threshold of votes cast in the last election cycle.
the LPO challenged the state in court, again. It's been a running series of legal battles for ten years to get ballot access on equal footing with the R's and D's.

What do you think their response will be?

 

[FleshEater]

I’m sorry…is GenX looking for some attention? You should be worrying about social security ending before you’re eligible.

Social Security does need to end. It should have never been created in the first place.

 

[SanDiegoCJ]

I am in no way restricted, I am not a community.
I have yet to find "livin the dream" As I do not live in a dream world.
But I have accepted life as I know it, Not how others think it should be.
Keep reaching and you may eventually find it.

Same here. I've seen way too many people ASSume all kinds of stupid shit about others they really know NOTHING about.

 

[JD Mark]

Or they will just sit in the dark listening to Nirvana, and it will be a dark horse Millennial.

WWII generation had Eisenhouer, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and GHW Busch.

Boomers were Clinton, GW Bush, Obammy, Trump and now Biden.

Long past time for some younger blood, but what do we have more loud talking Boomers on deck.

I'll pass.