Because the government treats our non-rich elders like shit, just like the rest of us, there are over 2 million pensionaries living in poverty in the UK (and many more millions just shy of it who don’t make the statistics but are still struggling):
Yes, there are probably more rich people who are pensionaries than other generations, because they had a significantly easier economy to navigate, and of course more time to accumulate wealth, but don’t confuse that class divide with the divisive propaganda spread to maintain a generational divide to keep us from joining forces against those who have and continue to exploit us (the general population, of all ages, back when the pensionaries were young, and still now).
I agree that we need class consciousness and to unite the working class across the generations, but age is still a dividing line for Tory and Labour voters.
The majority of people over 60 voted for Conservatives in the 2019 election. It was 57% Conservative for those aged 60-69, and 67% for those over 70. Age is still a predictor of how Conservative people vote, so the generation divide isn’t just propaganda. And young people know this from their lived experiences.
I will say that it’s not the elderly’s fault. All of the media that caters to them is Conservative-leaning at best, and full-on Far-Right at worst. We won’t change anything in the country until we shut down the bullshit that pollutes the airwaves, newspapers and social media
You mean of our rich people.
Because the government treats our non-rich elders like shit, just like the rest of us, there are over 2 million pensionaries living in poverty in the UK (and many more millions just shy of it who don’t make the statistics but are still struggling):
https://ageing-better.org.uk/news/50-years-progress-against-pensioner-poverty-under-threat-state-ageing
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/16/nearly-1m-uk-pensioners-deprivation-official-figures
Yes, there are probably more rich people who are pensionaries than other generations, because they had a significantly easier economy to navigate, and of course more time to accumulate wealth, but don’t confuse that class divide with the divisive propaganda spread to maintain a generational divide to keep us from joining forces against those who have and continue to exploit us (the general population, of all ages, back when the pensionaries were young, and still now).
I agree that we need class consciousness and to unite the working class across the generations, but age is still a dividing line for Tory and Labour voters.
The majority of people over 60 voted for Conservatives in the 2019 election. It was 57% Conservative for those aged 60-69, and 67% for those over 70. Age is still a predictor of how Conservative people vote, so the generation divide isn’t just propaganda. And young people know this from their lived experiences.
I will say that it’s not the elderly’s fault. All of the media that caters to them is Conservative-leaning at best, and full-on Far-Right at worst. We won’t change anything in the country until we shut down the bullshit that pollutes the airwaves, newspapers and social media