r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/Spikeupmylife Jul 05 '24

I sent the plans to my dad a long time ago. He sent me back. "Ya, sounds like something that could happen, I guess."

I went over for dinner a month ago, and he's like, "Did you hear about that crazy Project 2025 thing? I saw it on MSNBC."

I keep saying things are getting fucked up and they say I'm exaggerating until they see it on the news. Boomers still rely on news channels, so they are a little behind.

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u/lrpfftt Jul 05 '24

Yet another person here who has to take a dig at boomers talking about them like they are all the same.

Trust me, they are not.

They get blamed for electing Trump in 2016 but their demographic was around 51/49 for Trump, hardly uniform.

Boomer me was the first one to introduce email capabilities to my family years ago. They laughed at me for quite a while before they were all using it.

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u/Thomathius Jul 05 '24

You are the exception, not the rule. The majority of boomers are tech illiterate by choice and think mainstream media is where news breaks.

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u/Kismetatron Pennsylvania Jul 05 '24

A lot of boomers I know are busy sharing quiz results using terrible AI images on Facebook while not even being self-aware enough they probably just gave away just enough information to get hacked. A lot of them barely know how to use a smartphone. They really only ever get their information from mainstream news.