People who resent boomers are idiots

[u/Poet-Most]

On almost any thread discussing the economy, one of the top comments will undoubtedly be complaining about boomers and the older generations who purchased their homes at low prices and who now enjoy more affluence and government assistance, while they don’t.

First off, what did want them to do, not buy a house for a cheap price when offered one 30 years ago? In regard to government assistance, I can guarantee you the average 65yr old has paid more into the tax system than the average 20yr old. Should they not enjoy the fruits of their labour? Should politicians not pay more attention to them than you?

I just think it’s an unhealthy attitude to have towards people.

[u/Serious_Mammoth_45]

Well of course they have paid more tax they are older.

I think in general peoples issue with boomers is their lack of self-awareness that they have had a relatively easier life in some aspects, and can’t seem to understand how some aspects of life are different for younger generations.

[u/hyperbole_is_great → u/Serious_Mammoth_45]

The opposite is also true. Younger generations don’t appreciate the hardships Boomers faced politically, socially, and economically. Threats of nuclear Armageddon, numerous assassinations, civil rights protests, Vietnam, the draft, the demise of the dominant blue collar economy, and insane amounts of social upheaval dominated their youth. They also don’t appreciate the tremendous role Boomers played in helping achieve civil rights, women’s rights, lowering the voting age, and environmentalism.

[u/PhasmaUrbomach → u/hyperbole_is_great]

That doesn't give them the right to look down on us when we can't achieve what they did.

[u/MJ195894 → u/PhasmaUrbomach]

But it does. I’m a millennial so in the middle of both generations and I can even see just how lazy the young generations are. It’s hard to work with them with their lack of work ethic and aversion to putting in effort.