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im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 2 weeks agoI don’t see any reason why we’re not gonna end up in the same boat as the Boomers when we grow old.
There’s a variety of very well documented reasons.
I can’t be bothered enumerating everything you’re ignoring to make that statement but very briefly, the next 50 years will not be as prosperous as the last 50 years as Milennials and Gen X clean up the mess left by boomers.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
I think you stopped reading where you quoted me. I am absolutely not denying that things are bad for Zoomers or even that the vast majority of us are fucked…but the ones who survive are less likely to consider themselves victims of capitalism.
Like if we don’t learn to turn our criticism inwards, and we don’t fight against the system so at least more anti-capitalists and victims of capitalism survive into old age…we’re just gonna end up reproducing “Boomer” abuses. Yes things are worse for us, but we’re so fucking callous, just as callous as the people who raised us, just as uncritical and ignorant as the people who raised us, that we’re on track to reproduce all their bullshit as a group.
Just because you suffer doesn’t mean you learn. As a corollary, just because you suffer more doesn’t mean you learn more. Zoomers are suffering without learning. Lots of Boomers also suffered, and many were killed by capitalism in silence. You’re dealing with a subset of Boomers who is increasingly likely not to feel like victims of capitalism.
I guarantee you, wait for Zoomers to turn 35 and you’ll see our true colors. We’re not fucking special. Look at our non-reaction (as a collective!) to Epstein; look at how we still work for these monsters, still pay taxes to these monsters, still door-knock for these monsters’ politicians, still fight in these monsters’ wars, still join these monsters’ police departments. We’re just as capable of being monsters as our parents, and just like in the past, the system will reward the most abusive among us.