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It was not "Boomers" who closed any gates. It was the billionaire class who sucked all the air out of the room and money from the economy. Boomers were like anyone else, they got up in the morning took the opportunities and lumps.
Retirement ages were raised on us -- based on lies about Social Security. We never decided elite colleges should charge billions in tuition.
Did my generation make mistakes? Of course we did. But we didn't do it to screw over our children and grandchildren.
If we don't all work together against the billionaire class things are going to get much, much worse -- and us Boomers will all be dead.
@MylesRyden @QasimRashid I wouldn't say it's an either/or situation. People of Boomer generation benefited from government policies of the time which taxed the rich, and as they got older, they were increasingly happy to vote for conservative policies, which yes, were designed to hoodwink them, and used terrible manipulation, but the net effect was this generation happily voted for the tax cuts that benefited them more personally as they got older. It benefited them *less* than the billionaires, but proportionately more than their children. There are outliers, but the generation has, as a whole, been singularly selfish and easily manipulated, against their own best interest - and the rest of us suffer even worse.
@MylesRyden @QasimRashid I wouldn't say it's an either/or situation. People of Boomer generation benefited from government policies of the time which taxed the rich, and as they got older, they were increasingly happy to vote for conservative policies, which yes, were designed to hoodwink them, and used terrible manipulation, but the net effect was this generation happily voted for the tax cuts that benefited them more personally as they got older. It benefited them *less* than the billionaires,...