American politics Quote by Bruce Cannon Gibney

“More than anything, Boomer influence is a story of sheer numbers. As of the early 1980s, when the Boomer revolution really kicked off, the…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“What establishes the Boomers as a political generation is that the Boomers’ overriding policy ambitions have been defined not in conventional terms like race…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“For those readers who are Boomers, or have parents or grandparents who are Boomers, it may be of small comfort that this book does…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“The sociopaths’ goal is to wring every last dollar from the system, and any investment that could not be fully realized within Boomer lifetimes…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“The pastoral Left, religious Right, and everywhere in between were afflicted by a resurgent sentimentality and desire for immediate gratification incompatible with the uncompromising…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“Once Boomers have been unseated, undoing their decades of mismanagement will require a significant social reorganization, especially of retirement and health-care benefits, and a…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“The point of this context is not to demand a return to the era of 90 percent taxation, but simply to remind that in…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“The sociopathic society of consumption depends heavily on goods turned out by dismal sweatshops (e.g., Boomer Kathie Lee’s/Wal-Mart’s Dickensian workshops, Boomers Steve Jobs’/Tim Cook’s…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“Reagan (or, at least, the public’s version of him) was tailor-made for the sociopathic electorate. Never again would the Boomers be told to save,…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“Unfortunately, sociopaths are antisocial by nature, and their lack of empathy and foresight consigns them to view society only as a restraint on individual…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“Going forward, it would be “three strikes, you’re out.”

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“What Washington cannot easily change is the culture itself—specifically the culture created by the Boomers. Until that happens, the parade of mediocrity, underfunding, and…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney