I used to think generational fighting is stupid, but the stats are undeniable, boomers own much of the wealth. Boomers are least likely to vote far right, but they are more likely to vote down affordable housing because they don’t want their property value to drop. That is an indirect support for the far right, because it leads to younger people being resentful and voting for populist far right who promise them the stars and blame the wrong types of people. This is a trend across the world. Generational and class conflict are one and the same in this case. Sorry to older folks of Lemmy, but older generations have become greedy.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 hours agothe generation war is not real, just distraction from the class war.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
and that’s mostly rich people policy to end ownership.
we should be blaming rich people for that, not exactly boomers.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
So boomers are rich.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
they are not. having savings and a house is not being rich.
it’s just the old normal.
LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
While I agree that it is a distraction from the real war at large, the class war, I do want to point out that it very much is real, as you have actual people out there who argue about stupid shit like this. Sad, but that’s humans for ya.