interesting article.

The AARP’s existence warns of a creaky but powerful behemoth that only a fool would rouse from slumber, lest it wreak havoc. The group cannot be held responsible for American policy stasis, nor for the excesses of elder self-­protection, but it epitomizes both issues. Where the NRA’s guns kill people, the AARP reflects, like a mirror, a country dying by conservative sclerosis.