Boomers are more to vote for conservative and liberals, more to vote, and a bigger part of the population. That’s the truth of stats a’d demography. It’s not all boomers, but as a generation, they failed their grand-children. And it comes to bite them now, which is the biggest surprise to me. I really thought they wouldn’t see the collapse of the system or the global warming effects.
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NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s intellectually dishonest to suggest we older people broke the system. And the story is true. A large number of parents with adult children have to make sacrifices to their own retirement plans to take care of their kids. This is a systemic problem, not something to blame on Gen Xers and Boomers.
bouh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
danciestlobster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While I definitely agree with you here, the systemic problem is in place due to an extreme overabundance of boomers sitting in Washington creating systematic problems and perpetuating existing ones. So, yes, not all boomers are culpable and blaming the whole generation is excessive, but perhaps this helps shed some light where the sentiment comes from.
Also, for most anyone after the boomer generation, retirement will be a complete financial impossibility so boomers inconveniencing their retirement for the sake of those who will never get to doesn’t feel too out of line
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re silent generation, even. They’re born in the 30s and 40s, still running shit into their 90s.
Well, that’s not sustainable. It’s not like people can keep working past their 60s.