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50208today at 6:11 PM3 repliesview on HN

Seniors are the most vulnerable people on the internet, the most likely to be fooled by disinformation, the most likely to vote, and are one of the biggest threats to civil society. Boomers are destroying what previous generations have built.


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allendoerfertoday at 6:38 PM

Here in Germany they also ignored the demographics, so our social insurance systems (retirement but also health) are heading towards a catastrophe, because there is no capital backing them. They are fundamentally relying on the next generation being bigger or at least equal. This has turned them essentially into Ponzi schemes. The taxpayer has to jump in, making the state less and less able to do anything at all. Of course they now collectively avoid responsibility and slowly milk the young - their own children - dry.

It is truly the most egoistic generation ever.

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rrr_oh_mantoday at 6:14 PM

> the most likely to vote

Well... who's fault is that.

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k2enemytoday at 6:37 PM

And also the most likely to fall victims to scams. An elderly family friend lost millions to a pig butchering scam.