PP here. This. Think it’s difficult for other generations to see the suffocating effect of boomers. |
I’m GenX married to a Boomer. I’m just sick and tired of people trying to divide us by generations. My husband fights for social justice and environmental progress as hard as anyone, and has done so for forty years. People are people regardless of the year they were born, and we all deserve to be treated as individuals and judged by our actions, not by some kind of collective guilt. |
The youngest boomers are 61. Maybe they could retire and give the rest of us a little space? They have overstayed their time in the light. |
I think Gen X is angry that they could never achieve the success of Boomers. They vote for Trump as a “protest” to the system. (And I am Gen X and have never voted for Trump). |
You want people with kids in college to retire? |
I’m not the poster advocating for Boomers to retire, but very few Boomers have kids in college. Boomers are 60-80 years old. |
Without the gullible baby boomers to lap them up, most establishment narratives will collapse. |
Gen x here |
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No offense but this reads like “all lives matter.” The fact remains that boomers turned their backs for years on any policy that could have a slight negative impact on them but helped future generations. I am disappointed in GenX’s voting habits but let’s not pretend boomers as a whole haven’t royally F’ed other generations. Only reason boomers aren’t happy with Trump is because he is messing with SS, Medicare and Medicaid, and not because they suddenly grew a collective conscious. |
The aging Gen X will takeover as loyal Fox News & MSNBC viewers. Don't worry, the insanity will continue. |
That’s a pretty generalized statement there. The thread about the protest on 4/5 was full of complaints about there being so many boomers there. And, no, we were not just protesting SS and Medicare. |
That was the point. Sure you can point to your H or some protestors on 4/5. But none of that changes over 30 years of polices that favored boomers at the expense of anyone else, nor does it change 30 years of voting habits that lead us to where we are today. Even my parents (boomers) admit as much. |
Well 61 and 60 year olds definitely have children in college. Remember Boomers were having children in their late 30’s to kid 40’s, so their kids could be between 26-19 yoa. Besides why are you requesting 61 year old people to retire. They aren’t even eligible for Social Security. |