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Boomers, Gen-Z, and the Election of 2024
Again, another very drunk election approaches
The Dumbness of our politics
The African-American writer and journalist John A. Williams described the dawn of 1963 as a time of “hope.” The country, on race relations, according to Williams, was “tensed on the line, ready as always to go,” and President John F. Kennedy had a “rhythm that sounded right.” Williams added: “The old men were out; the young ones in. And the nation was young and becoming younger still.”
Strange times. Today, there is no chance for anyone young, barring a miracle in the election of 2024 to become President. America, dominated by its ridiculous two party system, is headed full steam ahead to an election where the two candidates have high negatives and don’t seem to be cognitively up to the job. While many have suggested that the Democrat President Joseph Biden has dementia, this is highly unlikely. However, that does not mean he is up for the gig of President of the United States anymore but those reasons are complex. It just seems like the Democrats have to defer to him because he won in 2020 (barely) and their system rarely allows any challenges.
The other candidate, Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s “boss of bosses,” the MAGA mess of a man, looks even more adrift mentally…
