Generational infighting among the working class only serves the wealthy and corporations who are who we should actually be angry at.
In a decade you’ll see memes blaming your generation for not doing anything and can you actually point to anything you’ve done besides creating a meme blaming boomers?
Their primary demographic is millionaires, not boomers. You could change them all tomorrow for millennials millionaires and still have a shitty government.
Similar to the Russians’ desire for other countries’ citizens to have a negative opinion of all Americans, only about one-third of America is the issue. However, they want less politically informed nations to blame all Americans. Most of us are working multiple jobs to afford our living and healthcare costs, making it next to impossible to have any free time.
Boomer here. Excellent point. I was mostly a lone voice at work. Then again those I worked with never bothered to be the least bit informed. I also worked with much younger folks that were not any more informed. In fact, most all the people in our rural area are also young and grossly misinformed and they love it.
Yeah, but then again my Mum (boomer) and grandparents (silent gen) are left leaning, Palestine supporting/donating Canadians. Then there are people I know my age on the cusp of Millennial and Zoomer who support Israel and while not conservative are extremely politically ignorant
Don’t get tennis elbow patting yourself on the back. Your individual actions won’t matter unless you can bring industry with you. The best way to do that is to help people gain class consciousness. The best way to do that is by not considering your individual actions as relevant.
It goes back to my original point though in that attacking other working class individuals based on birth year is just counterproductive infighting.
The fight needs to be brought to the rich and powerful who have had the opportunity to solve climate change and other global issus but have chosen instead to enrich themselves further by making it all worse
Of course, talk shit about any fascists you know as they all deserve their teeth kicked in but a boomer you see on the street could just as easily be a lifelong environmentalist hippie as they could be a fascist - just as anyone from any other generation could be (especially Zoomers for some unholy reason)
TL;DR is fuck billionaires and generalising is bad
I minimize plastics use, recycle anything that can be, reuse/renew whenever possible, minimize all use of products dangerous to the environment/ecosystems, educate myself on the issues and candidates and then vote in every election, volunteer for political campaigns, I educate my children about the environment (including what we do to minimize our impact and why it’s a problem at all) and politics (including the importance of voting, how to research candidates and issues). Yes, there is more I could do, but I think I do a pretty good amount–far above the average. My kids won’t blame me, even if the memes blame my generation.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to make older generations feel bad because that isn’t solving anything, but I would educate them so that maybe their votes will be better going forward.
I hope my kids grow up to blame me for my mistakes, and I hope the same for yours. Thinking you’ve done enough by conscientious participation in capitalism is a mistake and I hope your children will grow to see that even if you don’t.
Boomers are by and large objectively less ethical than the generations that followed them. However, no sweeping generalization can really be true and even if they could be, the original post here is not helpful.
Language is imprecise. What I’m saying is that I have known many, many boomers who actively do not give a shit about their fellow citizens. Millennials tend to give a shit. Be pedantic about it if you will, but I’ve no doubt that if such a study existed to measure this, there would be data to back up what I’m saying. I do not wish to enter into an argument about this or the words I used. I think my point is a fair one and many people have noticed the same trend.
Generational infighting among the working class only serves the wealthy and corporations who are who we should actually be angry at.
In a decade you’ll see memes blaming your generation for not doing anything and can you actually point to anything you’ve done besides creating a meme blaming boomers?
I would feel more responsibility if the boomers could release their deathgrip on the government.
Their primary demographic is millionaires, not boomers. You could change them all tomorrow for millennials millionaires and still have a shitty government.
I guess we’ll see when they all die in 15-20 years. Maybe then I’ll take responsibility for this shit.
Lucky you, in my country the boomers are still fighting over the government with the silent generation. The latter of which is barely still alive
Japan?
USA
Which government?
Any government would be great.
Similar to the Russians’ desire for other countries’ citizens to have a negative opinion of all Americans, only about one-third of America is the issue. However, they want less politically informed nations to blame all Americans. Most of us are working multiple jobs to afford our living and healthcare costs, making it next to impossible to have any free time.
Boomer here. Excellent point. I was mostly a lone voice at work. Then again those I worked with never bothered to be the least bit informed. I also worked with much younger folks that were not any more informed. In fact, most all the people in our rural area are also young and grossly misinformed and they love it.
At least I’ll be able to say I never voted for conservatives or fascists
I assumed grandma was a conservative voter in the US. Works if you consider this.
Yeah, but then again my Mum (boomer) and grandparents (silent gen) are left leaning, Palestine supporting/donating Canadians. Then there are people I know my age on the cusp of Millennial and Zoomer who support Israel and while not conservative are extremely politically ignorant
Generational generalisation is akin to astrology
I yell at people online who refuse to even vote regularly, that’s something right?
It’s not much, but yeah. I guess it is something.
Yes I can, easily.
Okay, but so can a lot of boomers. Still expect to see memes about how you didn’t do anything
That’s fine, all I care about is being able to look my kids in the eye and tell them I tried, and what I did.
I will be agreeing with those memes.
Don’t get tennis elbow patting yourself on the back. Your individual actions won’t matter unless you can bring industry with you. The best way to do that is to help people gain class consciousness. The best way to do that is by not considering your individual actions as relevant.
Weirdest leap of logic I’ve seen in a long time…
“If you can’t change other people’s minds for them, then your personal efforts are worthless”
I could give two shits what anyone else thinks about my efforts.
It goes back to my original point though in that attacking other working class individuals based on birth year is just counterproductive infighting.
The fight needs to be brought to the rich and powerful who have had the opportunity to solve climate change and other global issus but have chosen instead to enrich themselves further by making it all worse
Of course, talk shit about any fascists you know as they all deserve their teeth kicked in but a boomer you see on the street could just as easily be a lifelong environmentalist hippie as they could be a fascist - just as anyone from any other generation could be (especially Zoomers for some unholy reason)
TL;DR is fuck billionaires and generalising is bad
I minimize plastics use, recycle anything that can be, reuse/renew whenever possible, minimize all use of products dangerous to the environment/ecosystems, educate myself on the issues and candidates and then vote in every election, volunteer for political campaigns, I educate my children about the environment (including what we do to minimize our impact and why it’s a problem at all) and politics (including the importance of voting, how to research candidates and issues). Yes, there is more I could do, but I think I do a pretty good amount–far above the average. My kids won’t blame me, even if the memes blame my generation.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to make older generations feel bad because that isn’t solving anything, but I would educate them so that maybe their votes will be better going forward.
I hope my kids grow up to blame me for my mistakes, and I hope the same for yours. Thinking you’ve done enough by conscientious participation in capitalism is a mistake and I hope your children will grow to see that even if you don’t.
This. Also, seeing that the world is going to shit at the same time as boomers begin to die makes me think they weren’t that bad after all.
Thats like saying the cirrhosis that kicked in after you stopped drinking means your years of alcoholism weren’t the cause
They’re just getting dementia so they’re making worse decisions while retaining office.
The politicians and billionaires actually have decent Healthcare, so they live longer than the voting boomers as well.
Boomers are by and large objectively less ethical than the generations that followed them. However, no sweeping generalization can really be true and even if they could be, the original post here is not helpful.
OK, I am sorry, but I am pretty sure, your use of objectively is wrong here!
What empirical evidence are you basing this claim on?
Language is imprecise. What I’m saying is that I have known many, many boomers who actively do not give a shit about their fellow citizens. Millennials tend to give a shit. Be pedantic about it if you will, but I’ve no doubt that if such a study existed to measure this, there would be data to back up what I’m saying. I do not wish to enter into an argument about this or the words I used. I think my point is a fair one and many people have noticed the same trend.