Maybe you should take the time to study the wisdom they passed down when after 50,60,70,80 years of voting they realized the only thing changing was the names on the seats and issues we they to affect keep marching along. Our debt went from a handful of billions to over 40 trillion in the thirty plus years I've been voting. Collectively pit nation has voted for candidates promising fiscal responsibility almost every cycle as it keeps accelerating. We dont want wars. We do not want discretionary spending while we are in debt. We do not want lobbyist and foreign powers having more influence than voters. Yet these thi is accelerated regardless of how votes went. Now they will not even secure our federal elections for citizens only. So go smoke your condescension and ponder why we understand our vote has no consequences before you come chanting juvenile bullshit chastising us.
I'm seeing A LOT of these posts:
"I'm 50, 60, 70, 80 years old. I've voted Republican all my life, and this current Congress has done nothing for Americans, so I'M SITTING THIS ONE OUT."
Okay.
When you mention your age, do you ever stop and think about what that age is supposed to represent?
You're not a teenager anymore.
You're not 21 and figuring out how the world works.
You're 50.
60.
61.
62.
At some point, AGE is supposed to come with WISDOM.
Have you taken the time to understand how your government actually works?
What the President controls?
What Congress controls?
What the House can do?
What the Senate can do?
How many votes legislation requires?
What the courts can stop?
What individual members of Congress can and CANNOT accomplish?
Or do you just look around, get angry that everything you wanted hasn't happened fast enough and decide:
"SCREW IT. I'M STAYING HOME."
And then announce it publicly like you've just revealed some profound political strategy.
Have you ever stopped and thought:
"Maybe this post is dumb?"
Seriously.
Because when you're 60, 70 or 80 years old, you carry another responsibility.
There are younger Americans watching you.
Your children.
Your grandchildren.
People in your church.
People in your community.
People who haven't lived through what you've lived through.
YOU are supposed to be transferring knowledge to THEM.
You're supposed to be able to explain what worked.
What failed.
What mistakes your generation made.
How government actually functions.
How political power is gained.
How political power is lost.
And how younger generations can make BETTER decisions than your generation did.
Instead, some of you are basically saying:
"I've been participating in this system for 40 or 50 years. I didn't get everything I wanted, so now I'm taking my ball and going home."
WHAT? 😂
You're allowed to be angry.
You're allowed to be disappointed.
You're allowed to criticize Congress.
You're allowed to criticize Republicans.
You're allowed to demand MORE from the people you elected.
In fact, YOU SHOULD.
But frustration is not a substitute for understanding how the system works.
If you're going to announce your age as evidence that you've seen enough to know better...
THEN KNOW BETTER.
You're 50, 60, 70 or 80 years old.
You've lived through Presidents.
Recessions.
Wars.
Inflation.
Political scandals.
Booms.
Crashes.
Republican governments.
Democratic governments.
Decades of American history.
That experience should produce WISDOM.
And wisdom should be passed DOWN.
Not wasted.
The younger generation already has TikTok, algorithms, influencers, propaganda, AI-generated garbage and 30-second clips trying to teach them how the world works.
They need grandparents and parents who actually understand the system.
So before posting:
"I'M SITTING THIS ONE OUT."
Maybe sit down first.
Think.
Read.
Understand the consequences of participating AND not participating.
Then make your decision.
You're the elder generation.
ACT LIKE IT.
AJ Inapi