A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans.

I haven’t donated money, but I can confirm that the messages are constant and very pleading in tone. Honestly they turn me off from donating at all.

  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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    14 days ago

    It is way, way worse than this. It’s not hundreds, it’s millions. 1 in 3 people in the US over 65 have some form of dementia. The Republican party is driven by dementia at this point. There is a literal reason they’ve been rhetorically targeting the cognitively impaired for the last ten years. I am a dementia care professional and this is not a joke.

    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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      13 days ago

      It’s 1 in 3? Damn. Do you know if that’s commonplace globally? 65 is the retirement age where I live.

      Seems like such a shame that we retire once our health deteriorates. I guess that’s by design, though.