Silly Iceland. Electing a woman born in the 1980s rather than an endless succession of men born in the 1940s, as God intended. - ThreadSky

paleofuture.bsky.social • 142 days ago

Silly Iceland. Electing a woman born in the 1980s rather than an endless succession of men born in the 1940s, as God intended.

Reposted from Hildur Knútsdóttir

Meet Kristrún Frostadóttir, Iceland's newest Prime Minister!

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notgonnahavefun.bsky.social•142 days ago

Does she own oil stocks and want to commit genocide?

marlboroughmama.bsky.social•142 days ago

Is there something about the Icelandic system that makes becoming a politician both attractive and available to young, intelligent folks rather than just stale old men? Is the salary more reflective of the working hours and stress levels?

paleofuture.bsky.social•142 days ago

I still can’t get over the fact that three presidents were born not only in the same year but the same summer. Literally the first baby boomers, as the baby boom started about 9 months after the end of World War II.

Trump: June 14, 1946
Bush: July 6, 1946
Clinton: August 19, 1946

immaterialevent.bsky.social•142 days ago

Sorry (not sorry) to be pedantic: It is a fun fact, but they are not _literally_ the first boomers. My dad was born January 1, 1946. :)

paleofuture.bsky.social•142 days ago

Depends how you count it, obviously. But I think the pedantic way would actually be counting from the middle of 1946 since that's technically the start of the "baby boom."

From @pbump.com's excellent book The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America:

immaterialevent.bsky.social•142 days ago

Well then, I stand pedantically corrected! But I won't tell my dad.

paleofuture.bsky.social•142 days ago

Generations are fake anyway, which is at least part of the point of Bump's book. But yeah, you don't need to tell your dad.

probablecaws.bsky.social•142 days ago

There's an obvious solution, if one person has the courage, and a time machine.

mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social•142 days ago

i can; when you look at when wages, college subsidization, and housing affordability peaked

mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social•142 days ago

that peer group probably lucked into more power than any other demographic in history

issabailot.bsky.social•142 days ago

FDR nepo babies

issabailot.bsky.social•142 days ago

Not throwing shade on the Luces and Bechtels

mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social•142 days ago

pulled up the ladder as fast as the could, makes me boil

issabailot.bsky.social•142 days ago

Shit. They even burned John Kerry pulling up that ladder

issabailot.bsky.social•142 days ago

Land of Opportunity tho

paleofuture.bsky.social•142 days ago

Agreed completely, though I think there is the argument that Silent Generation guys like Biden were slightly more lucky in some ways just because it was a smaller generation and they had less competition for jobs and school admissions.

mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social•142 days ago

possibly

less peers with money to make money off of tho

i think we really underestimate how beneficial being part of an economically healthy generation is to your own prospects, even as an elite

paleofuture.bsky.social•142 days ago

Yeah good point

greyjaybird.bsky.social•142 days ago

President Musk was born in 1971.

sleeplesscrone.bsky.social•142 days ago

Bravo.
Brave New Worlds.

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