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Kradek posted...

They're the generation that went through life pampered on easy mode (socially & domestically speaking), pulled up the ladder behind them, and then gets annoyed when younger generations point out they literally can't just do it similar how to boomers did because it's just not feasible in modern times.

The average boomer literally cannot naturally understand or comprehend how difficult it is for younger generations to survive because they think back to how they paid their way through college with a part-time summer job and got a house on a single income and it just doesn't click. Don't get me wrong, they can read, research, and come to conclusions that give them an educated understanding, but speaking as a generalized whether or not their generation can understand what it's like naturally, they can't.

In contrast, Mills, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha can better relate because things only get worse as time goes on and those generations have felt it to some degree so they can actually understand having to live with multiple roommates while you work multiple jobs just to rent an apartment in a major city or the necessitation of having a dual income for a family to survive.

This.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Life on easy mode is pretty arguable. My mum and her brothers schooling years were full of trauma. Getting caned by the teachers for talking in class. Getting hit at home by their dad when physical discipline was extremely normal

And I'm sure it's the same for a large percentage of boomer children. Life wasn't just Woodstock, buying a house at 21 then onto being a CEO for every boomer

Priere posted...

Why do people act like all boomers are nepo babies that didnt do a damn thing in their lives?

Every boomer i know either went to nam (not by choice) or worked like a slave in a factory for decades before they retired.

Its less about nepotism than it is opportunity. When white boomers were growing up, it was the post WW2 boom when the US was on top of the world, and you could go to college for dirt cheap and pay for that and a new car at the same time with a part time summer job.

A nice home cost $50,000 and a father of a family of four could comfortably afford the mortgage and supporting the family as the sole breadwinner. Unions were strong, they got great pensions when it came time to retire, etc.

Then when the boomers were actually the ones running companies and making government policy, they gutted unions and started the Reaganomics downward spiral that has increased income inequality to levels not seen since the days of feudalism.

Obviously boomers of other races didnt have those same opportunities.