No generation (that is currently adult aged) is truly blameless for the mess that we're in right now... however, many of us were not around when some of the biggest, world-changing events/legislation happened. For example, I wasn't around to have a say in integration or suffrage. Boomers were. They were in their prime, and they allowed all of this shit to happen. And then they pretended it was all fine as it slowly became clear over the decades that "This was a terrible decision".
However, they are too fat and happy, lived such sweet lives, to admit that their ignorance and passivity has damned the world. "I was a success, when I was 20 I was married and had 3 children and was buying my second house, you millennials have no excuse!", they'll say. Hey, boomer- buying a house was a bit different in 1970 than it is in 2010s. The job market is a little different. Money isn't worth what it was when you were our age. Fuck you and fuck your arrogance- I was born into this pile of shit that you all left for us, and now it's our job to shovel it out.
So my attitude towards boomers in this context, is "Admit you fucked up or just shut up, and pick up a shovel with me, we've got shit to deal with".
Pick up a shovel and slave for the same assholes that bought your future from the boomers? Pass.
(post is archived)