For all those searching for moral and ethical clarity in what seems a nation gone mad — I may have good news.

Hang with me for a little 🧵 thread about how, for reasons we may never understand, the #BabyBoomers and the late #SilentGeneration are criminally inclined to an abnormal degree.

First, this article from the Atlantic titled “AMERICA’S INCARCERATION RATE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF A CLIFF.”

Here’s a non-paywalled link from Archive Today: https://archive.ph/mi5Wn

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So, when we say that #WashingtonDC is filled criminals — it’s no exageration. DC is filled to overbrimming with criminals, because it’s still filled to overbrimming with #BabyBoomers.

Why are there so many boomers in Congress the article asks?
Gee … I dunno??? Higher levels of sociopathy, perhaps?
Here’s the stats:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/why-are-there-so-many-boomers-in-congress/
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Huge Refuse Fascism march for the signing of the murder budget in #WashingtonDC

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLszHakxr2H/?img_index=1