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"Vampires": Musk's war on Social Security is fueled by Republicans' view of retired people's value (www.salon.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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"We worked our entire life," one panicked retiree declared at Huizenga's most recent town hall, held via teleconference. "But we can’t get any help because we can’t get through to anybody." The former teacher was featured in an Associated Press report from the weekend detailing how angry and frightened Social Security recipients are storming town halls, begging their congressional representatives to stop Musk's misnamed DOGE from taking away their benefits. Donald Trump won this part of the state with over 60% of the vote, but now voters are begging their Republican representative to save them from the consequences of their electoral choices.

Musk has long obsessed over the idea that low birthrates and a subsequent aging population are "the biggest danger civilization faces by far." While he tends to emphasize the "more babies" part of the equation to fix this alleged problem, it's not much of a leap to see that "fewer old people" would also get the job done.

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[–] vagabondvisions@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

It’s White Replacement Conspiracy, writ large. Musk has been a longtime believer in that and now he has access to levers of power to start culling the herd to his specifications. If he is allowed to persist, he will eventually introduce some kind of apartheid measures into the US.

[–] Empricorn 26 points 2 weeks ago

I'm genuinely not okay with this happening to older Americans, no matter what their politics are. With that said, most of them have been voting for Republican politicians, voting against affordable housing zoning in their areas, voting against benefits for anyone that isn't them, etc. And they've been voting for these "Conservative" policies for a while now. This is the end result...

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

I guess voting republican en masse wasn't the smartest move, was it, retirees?

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[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Riiiight before Gen X is eligible for retirement. Typical.

[–] _skj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Gen X voting away their nice stuff because they're generally too disillusioned to pay attention? Gen X was very pro-trump on 2024.