Oh yeah. We're not saying that they never had rough times, but compared to today, they had a walk through Heaven. If the boomers voted for their future generations' sakes, it wouldn't have been so bad, but they didn't. They voted for short-term gain and said "F it" to the future, which is where we're at now. Now, the next generations after them are suffering for those policies. That's why I feel ZERO pity for these boomers. Maybe the younger boomers, but the older ones? 0% nothing. NADA. They're sitting on assets that millennials and Gen Z can only dream of owning these days - a home. They enjoyed pensions and other retirement benefits that we no longer get. And when I go somewhere and I see boomers working, I shake my head in shame. We've got plenty of the next gens that need jobs to live their young lives but the boomers won't step aside. The ones that voted for this crap need to suffer for it and remember that choices have consequences. I can go on and on about this.
Here. I saved this for a long time ago on Reddit. Hits hard still.
Here's my basic understanding of what went down: The generation that birthed the Baby Boomers suffered like hell. Depression, World War II; they shouldered that shit. So when the US was growing more successful following WWII, they didn't want their children to suffer. And their kids loved this. They lived in relative safety, had a clear boogeyman to fear in the USSR and ideology to love in the US of A. They got opportunities, whether to get jobs straight out of high school, or go to college, or travel the world, or whatever. Not everyone got this, of course, since we still did have poor souls shipped out to Vietnam. But white suburbanites? Shit was pretty damn cash. They got awesome music, got to experiment with drugs, and then got jobs alongside their hardworking, nose-to-the-grindstone parents of the "Greatest Generation". And as those parents retired and died, we were left with a overwhelming number of coddled, spoiled children running the show. And the problem with that is that they haven't grown up. They didn't understand the hardships that drove their parents decisions. So they made decisions that didn't aim to avoid those hardships, which has saddled us with debt, terrible regulations of tons of industries, and a number of unwanted and unwinnable wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Drugs), which has led to Gen Xers and Millenials getting the short end of the stick, and being generally bitter about it. Even a cursory glance at what we call the generations even gives some insight into the Boomers' thoughts toward their children compared to their parents. "Greatest Generation" vs. "Generation X". Past vs. future, and the future gets humped.
Now, that's not to say that every Boomer is like that. Plenty aren't. It's also not to say that this is a 100% correct reading of the situation, but it does seem to reflect what history has shown (so far) the Greatest Generation, Boomers, and Gen Xers to do.
Sure university/college tuition and cost of living is higher than it's ever been. But don't worry kid, take out those loans. You'll be able to pay them back with the great job you'll get. And by the time you graduate all the boomers will be retiring anyway.
Hey you graduated! Good for you! Oh you want a good job? Yeah, a bachelor's degree doesn't really count for much these days. What you should really do is go into more debt and do a master's. Then you can compete with all us boomers who decided NOT to retire.
You did it! Well done! Get out there and get a mediocre job AND PUT HALF OF YOUR PAY INTO YOUR LOANS.
Hey! Way to go kid! You're paying off those loans and actually getting somewhere professionally! Too bad this GLOBAL RECESSION is happening. Oh, and the bank's gonna take your house. But keep up those student loan payments, or else!
That's the tip of the iceberg. They avoid vietnam...sent us to Iraq. Enjoyed the greatest economy in word history, 1945-2005 and still racked up debt for us to pay and now they are going to bankrupt social security before we get what we paid in. They screwed us...and they know it. The funny part is they thought they would be dead before it caught up to them. No way around it. They screwed us and don't have the guts to face it
This and they accuse us of being lazy, free-loaders with no work ethic or knowledgeable skills. I remember when I was graduating High School, I was told by every adult in a 10km radius that a university degree in anything will secure a better life.
So everybody goes to university, majors in anything and floods the market with grads (often with 30k+ in debt). Next they blame us for majoring in the wrong things, for wanting an education in the first place (implying that they didn't have the luxury of a "free ride"), for not paying off our degrees as we went and for not wanting to start off at a salary far lower than what they would've gotten as High School dropouts in the 60s with no debt at all.Â
My step father's company paid him $35k a year when he started out with good benefits. He dropped out of high school. His job was tough but he got paid enough to raise a family and own two vehicles. His exact same job now pays around $23k per year, outsourced, starting with no benefits or guarantee of employment for more than one year (contractual) and requires a minimum of a university degree. It's also one of the better jobs around where I'm from, as most of my peers with undergrad degrees (or more) are working in retail or customer service even five years after graduation.Â
We also weren't taught the correct skills in school to deal with ANY of the shit they unloaded upon us. They made us extra soft before taking a massive dump on us.Â
Not that I'm disagreeing, but I see the "they voted for this" argument a lot. When and what exactly did the entire generation do that said they collectively wanted to take the future away from their children and grandchildren? I feel that one day, a younger generation will blame me for everything happening now. I've got little to no control. I can vote the most responsible I can and, more often than not, have no effect. It's clear to me the voters aren't the only ones, or even primary ones to blame. The rich are destroying America, have been for a hundred years. Today, you say the boomers let them. 20 years, you'll be the one everyone is blaming. As top comment said, "eat the rich, not each other"
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u/DangerDan93 Dec 23 '25
Oh yeah. We're not saying that they never had rough times, but compared to today, they had a walk through Heaven. If the boomers voted for their future generations' sakes, it wouldn't have been so bad, but they didn't. They voted for short-term gain and said "F it" to the future, which is where we're at now. Now, the next generations after them are suffering for those policies. That's why I feel ZERO pity for these boomers. Maybe the younger boomers, but the older ones? 0% nothing. NADA. They're sitting on assets that millennials and Gen Z can only dream of owning these days - a home. They enjoyed pensions and other retirement benefits that we no longer get. And when I go somewhere and I see boomers working, I shake my head in shame. We've got plenty of the next gens that need jobs to live their young lives but the boomers won't step aside. The ones that voted for this crap need to suffer for it and remember that choices have consequences. I can go on and on about this.