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MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 5 hours agoIf they built their wealth through the exploitation of others or are refusing to allow society to progress, then yes, you can blame them.
There’s a large generational gap regarding views on basic things like response to climate change and social safety nets. I don’t think it’s more helpful to blame boomers than republicans, but it wouldn’t be incorrect to attribute a lack of progress to the will of a lot of people in the boomer generation.
I think when people blame boomers for the economy, it’s not about blaming them for buying a house, it’s about blaming them for creating or supporting the economic conditions in which no one else can.
Miller@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Are you working for a corporation, are you paying taxes to the government, what have you personally done to bring about a more equitable redistribution of wealth and how effective have your actions been. You are an ordinary person, the same as the majority of the generation before you, they cannot be blamed for living their lives as easily as they could within the society they found themselves. The blame for the current financial predicament working people find themselves in lies in a very clear single cause and until large proportions of the population see this clearly nothing will be done. You blurring the dominant cause is actively hindering its betterment.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
I have advocated for helping people, have voted for people who will work towards that aim, and spend time doing so regularly. Most people I know of my generation have done some or all of that. Most people I know of the boomer generation believe that “god helps those who help themselves”, vote for people who are taking away regulations on business and right of individuals, and spend their personal time advocating for things that personally enrich themselves rather than for the benefit of all people. Acting as though the actions of “ordinary people” have no bearing on the world in which we live is defeatist. If the issue is lack of regulation on business or lack of rights of workers then it makes sense to address a segment of the population that largely believes those things are not needed. Look at polls citing favorable views of capitalism vs socialism across generations. If we cannot acknowledge the fact that boomers as a generation are more hesitant than other generations regarding the changes that need to happen then what’s the point of talking about anything. We need to reach them and talk about how these issues affect them. If they are fighting tooth and nail against us then we will keep failing for longer.
Miller@lemmy.world 5 minutes ago
Despite the things you have said you have done the distribution of wealth has become more polarised across your generation than before. Your children with good cause will blame you for their world as you blame the generations before you, in spite of your efforts to improve things. Possibly those before you recognised the way things were going and worked as hard as you to correct them but were as ineffective as you have been and for the same reasons. My point is you are on the Titanic blaming the weight of the other passengers for it sinking and not the iceberg.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No! Boomers bad!