• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I’d be inclined to believe you if the boomers weren’t literally the ruling class.

    Even the poor ones are still land owners, and meanwhile the rest of us have to fight uphill both ways to get a single measly Congress seat!

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Even the poor ones are still land owners

      This is very far from the truth. There has been an explosion of senior homelessness over the last 4 years because the poor baby boomers can’t afford the rising cost of rent on a fixed income, and are too old to go get jobs.

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      10 months ago

      Let me tell you, then… Boomers are NOT the ruling class. A small group of rich people control most of the wealth in the world. Those people are the ruling class.

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        10 months ago

        Really? Because when I see the folks that hold the line against anything positive getting done, I don’t see rich people, I see wannabe rich boomers. Blocking legislation, packing courts, gerrymandering, keeping the electoral college, introducing politics of spite, it’s all the fucking boomers and I refuse to be gaslit that they aren’t at the core of the problem.

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      10 months ago

      That’s really far from the truth. For every article talking about boomers contributing to inflation by spending fat 401k’s, there’s another saying boomers didn’t manage to save anything and either have to work until they die or end up part of the homelessness problem.