&gt;<i>and that is a reason to blame &quot;old&quot; people for what exactly? Because young are lazy to vote ?</i><p>Who said that that, in itself, is reason to blame anybody?<p>It&#x27;s just an empirical, quantifiable, observation.<p>That said, there are many OTHER, valid, reasons to blame &quot;old&quot; people, or the baby boomer generation, and lots of them have been laid out in the comment section.<p>&gt;<i>Only if you go by extension that I intentionally raised my kids to not to vote as a part of my evil plan for dominance over young. sheesh</i><p>Well, I don&#x27;t think anybody brought this conspiracy shit up, or even implied it. Just that:<p>a) older people are over-representent at elections,<p>b) thus they exert the most political influence<p>c) most politicians elected are crap<p>d) that these get elected is predominantly the fault of older people<p>One might argue that younger people are also to blame for not participating as much in elections, but that&#x27;s probably not as bad as actively voting for and supporting crap.