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Have_A_Cigar posted...

We can agree to disagree. But I'm glad you have enough confidence and faith that the US government can get anything worthwhile accomplished. I remember when I had those illusions as well when I was younger. Get another decade or so experience under your belt and let's see how that works out for ya.

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Do you expect young people instead to put their faith in private enterprise? Today we're living in an era when wages for the average person have been stagnating for decades while the ultra rich are richer than they've ever been, when corporations are making a killing jacking up prices in the wake of a global pandemic just because they can, when housing costs keep going up putting the prospect of owning a home out of reach for more and more people, when one bad medical condition can end up ruining someone financially even if they have insurance, when pharmaceutical companies price gouge their customers for necessary drugs like insulin and get away with it, when jobs are being automated away at a faster rate than they ever have been in history, when union busting is rampant and done in broad daylight, and when we can see these companies fucking over the climate for people in the future in the name of higher profits today.

Boomers entered into a world where a high school diploma and hard work were enough to earn you financial security. Millennials entered into one where there was a global financial collapse because of banks making bets with their customers' money. It is a different world now and that's the blind spot for Boomers who can't understand why young people don't see things the same way they do.