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Assuming a bit here...?
Even Senior citizens are finally (it's about fucking time) concerned, due to their SS and healthcare being taken away.
Bulletin for you: At every Indivisible, 50501, or No Kings event I’ve attended, seniors were present far above their demographic numbers. In fact, at one event in, I believe, February, seniors were the ONLY ones who showed up. And they weren’t even talking about Social Security or Medicare. (One of the more common protest signs was “I can’t believe I STILL have to be protesting this shit.”). In fact, I thought it a positive sign for these demonstrations when more than just seniors started showing up in large numbers.
Angela at Parkrose Permaculture has made the same observation.
You may want to check your assumptions with on-the-ground experience.
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