Why Are "No Kings" Protestors So Old? | The Deep
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🗓️ 23 October 2025
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The "No Kings" protests this past weekend were attended by a surprising amount of old people. Clips on social media show seniors in walkers lining the streets holding their signs in opposition to Trump. In this episode of The Deep, Erika looks into what is going on and why many of our elderly citizens are so politically disturbed.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro: Why are the No Kings protestors mostly old people?
1:18 - Sponsor (Holy Heroes)
2:09 - The media sows fear and anxiety
4:57 - Irrational ideas
7:26 - Loneliness is easy to exploit
9:41 - The inversion of a good instinct
11:49 - We’re not off the hook: we’re cruel to our elderly
13:41 - Why the elderly need their place in society
15:07 - The wound beneath the surface
16:05 - Conclusion: The mission of the elderly
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| 0:00.0 | Watching the No King's protests last weekend, I noticed something really weird. |
| 0:05.0 | Let's just put politics aside for a second and observe the footage. |
| 0:09.0 | It's what the biz calls Q-tips. |
| 0:12.0 | Almost every head in that crowd has white or gray hair. |
| 0:16.0 | It wasn't college kids. |
| 0:18.0 | It wasn't the next wave of the resistance. |
| 0:20.0 | It was the same generation that once marched against Vietnam and sang along to Kumbaya. |
| 0:26.6 | Every day, we all see it, and we all feel a little sad, like it's almost indecent. |
| 0:35.6 | Why are we watching, uncomfortably, arguably the most successful |
| 0:40.3 | and privileged generation in American history, living out their twilight years in public agony |
| 0:46.3 | and embarrassment? |
| 0:47.3 | I'm just so scared. I'm not, I'm 74 years old. I worry about everything. |
| 0:56.0 | And I just, I just, I just, I just, I'm so scared and upset. |
| 1:03.0 | And I don't, and I don't understand why people didn't, and voted for this curse. Everyone sees it, and no one has a satisfactory answer. |
| 1:14.6 | Why are the No King's protesters so old? |
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