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ziq wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by dessalinesdefencesquad in Friday Free Talk by vMU9

I read a really interesting article about how money kills empathy in people. Since boomers overwhelmingly have all the money and all the power, at least in relation to younger generations, there's really no difference between resenting them and resenting the ruling class. It's the same thing. They got theirs and pulled the ladder up from under them. Fuck em.

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ziq wrote (edited )

They also destroyed the planet and brought on the extinction of everything we know, so there's that.

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )

I'm curious then whether boomers are structurally advantaged in similar kinds of ways that whites or men or capitalists are. Because it's at that stage where understanding things in terms of groups makes some sense.

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DarkArmillary wrote

Generational analysis is not Class analysis; there is no direct oppression that the old have over the young. It that were case, it may be a different situation. As such, most of the rage against Boomers ends up being a misdirection. I see comments on here getting voted down that make good points against it.

There can be some limited analysis that can be made generationally, for instance in terms of values and cultural shifts. But with the argument being made that Boomers hold institutional power, and that’s why they’re deserving of ire; well this is only contingent upon time being a factor — they simply got there first.

Do you know what (rich) Boomers are doing as they age, as they retire, and as they pass on? They are handing down their wealth to their millennial and gen-z children, so they can acquire resources and invest funds and soak up a passive income so they can live a life of luxury and never work a real job a day in their life. That’s the element of Class Analysis that Generational analysis lacks, and thus misdirects from. There are plenty of millenial and gen-z capitalists and future capitalists (or worse) who would choose to continue the cycles of expolitation.

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote

Generational analysis is not Class analysis; there is no direct oppression

You sound like a class reductionist. Are you?

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celebratedrecluse wrote

there is no direct oppression that the old have over the young

clearly you have not been physically, sexually, or financially exploited by your family while growing up. Good for you, I would not recommend it

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shanc wrote

there is no direct oppression that the old have over the young

That is the most direct oppression there is, /u/DarkArmillary. And the most common. Next time you hear of a child grounding their parents, let me know. Or a child molesting their parents. Or a child starving their parents to death.

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L0rdEMPRESS_GaLaXyBrAiN wrote (edited )

The vast majority of Boomers I know are totally part of the problem and constantly prolong it's life. It's a good thing mortality is a thing and time continues to move forward. They got so much handed to them and they took it for granted and in the face of the future their children will be facing many of them continue to turn a blind eye.

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L0rdEMPRESS_GaLaXyBrAiN wrote (edited )

You shouldn't tell minorities that they are part of the problem and they should die.

I'm not telling myself this, but keep on blabbering. Boomer is not a minority group. I am trans and most people who give me shit are boomers. So don't tell me my choice in belief is selfish and then blabber on about 'minority this and minority that,' go eat shit and experience mortality.

The vast majority of Boomers I know

Read that part like five more times really slowly and come back when you have something worth saying you pig.

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waitingforthesign wrote

....I'm not sure how you can manage to interpret "boomers got so much handed to them" as "people who were marginalised in the 60s deserved it"

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