The generation that defined itself as “the youth generation”, “the hippies”, etc., are now nailing down every possible way to have fun so that youngsters can’t do what they loudly and proudly did at the same age:
Part of the crowd on the first day of the Woodstock Festival, 15 August, 1969.
Photo by Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell via Wikimedia Commons.
We’re banning raves, because we don’t want you having fun where we can’t watch you. By the way let me tell you about Woodstock.
We’re cracking down on underage drinking. It’s bad for you. Yeah of course we hit up the pubs at your age it was great.
We’re banning smoking, but just for you — the smoking age will go up one year every year. Oh yes of course, we used to be able to smoke inside everywhere, it was great really.
We’re banning flavored vapes. We don’t have any evidence they’re bad for you, you just like them too much.
We’re banning dodgeball during recess, someone might get hurt. Yeah we really enjoyed dodgeball too.
We’re banning flirting, because it might make the girls uncomfortable.
We’re locking you in your room for the next two years. Yes we know you’re in no danger from the virus, but we’re worried that you’ll get us sick. By the way you have to take this needle if you want to leave your room again. Yes, twice. Well there will be boosters too. No, we aren’t worried about side effects, that doesn’t effect us at all.
We’re closing the frat houses, because we don’t want you having fun without our permission. Please join these officially sanctioned university clubs instead.
We’re bringing in labor from the third world to work the service jobs, so you can’t have a summer job.
You need to go to university to get a good job. By the way we’re raising the price of tuition. Oh look we’re raising it again. Don’t worry there are loans. At interest.
Actually we’re giving the good jobs to the foreigners we just imported, to make up for our racist past. We are very good people. No of course we aren’t sacrificing anything. You just have to take one for the team.
Also, we’re giving the foreigners the houses. We needed to increase real estate prices. For our pensions, you see. Sadly no, you’ll probably never be able to afford one yourself. By the way don’t forget to pay your taxes. Need to support those pensions somehow! Eh? No, we’re giving ourselves tax breaks of course. Seniors discount you know.
Oh by the way, that one thing you still have, now that we’ve banned joy and kicked every ladder out from under you? That social media stuff you kids like? You guessed it! We’re banning that too! Just for you though, we’re still going to watch AI videos on Facebook. It’s for your safety, you see. We’ve noticed that you’re all getting rather irate, and we think it would be better for your mental health if you shut up for a while. Why don’t you just go outside?
Eh? No of course we aren’t going to stop Ahmed and his twelve illiterate cousins from raping your sister, that would be culturally insensitive, which would make us feel very bad, and we can’t have that.
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Kind of an odd rant. Who is doing all of this? Politicians. Are all the politicians over 65? I mean, if the politicians are pandering to a voting block that is actually demanding all these things I could believe it. Perhaps it is time for folks to recognize the problem is the politicians and not the “boomers” who don’t vote as a block for the Liberal Party. Nanny state demands come from all ages of “progressives”. I’m tired of seeing people crapping on “boomers” who are not asking for any of the things I see in the quoted rant. But I guess it makes people feel good to find someone to blame.
Each of the items above, they are over reach by government granted by an electorate that continues to reward incompetence. Don’t put that all on one voting block, there are more people under 65 than over 65. From what I can glean from a quick look at Stats Can, 19.5% of Canadians are over 65. It states 15 to 64 is 65.5%.
Comment by Dwayne — June 18, 2026 @ 14:31
In most western democracies, older voters vote more consistently than younger voters. It used to be the accepted rule that voters started leaning more “conservative” as they aged, but Canadian Baby Boomers seem to be a notable deviation from that, as they’re the single most important voting bloc for the Liberals, across the country. Some of that is certainly the Trump effect … Canadian boomers get all tingly when Carney does or says something that subtly (or blatantly) aggravates or angers President Trump. My mother, who is a Silent, rather than a Boomer gets positively giddy any time she starts talking about how Carney “stuck it to” Trump on this or that issue. It rather makes dinner-time conversations a bit fraught.
Comment by Nicholas — June 18, 2026 @ 16:00
I agree that most older voters turn out more consistently. Perhaps we do understand civic duty? Now, I’ve said it before, I am someone in the end of the “boomer” numbers and never felt like one. But it gets old listening to people who could just get more voters out crying about how the “boomers” are putting these idiots in charge, and not actually caring enough to get the vote out to prevent it. Personally, I’ve never voted for a federal Liberal candidate, and never will, just so we understand each other.
Demographically, perhaps it is time for the millennials and gen-x to band together and vote for some good old conservative common sense!
I honestly don’t think that “boomers” are the ones keeping the Liberals in power. The problem is the “progressives” are starting to recognize strategic voting, and the collapse of the NDP is more likely to be the reason for Liberal parliamentary success. Liberals are nothing if they aren’t “finger in the wind” campaigners. They do anything to win, and they are not above lying to stay in power. Buying up the media certainly helps too. The CPC needs to find a way to nip that one in the bud the next time they get a majority.
Comment by Dwayne — June 18, 2026 @ 18:27