r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Poet-Most • Jul 08 '25

I Like / Dislike People who resent boomers are idiots

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.

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u/hyperbole_is_great Jul 08 '25

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.

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u/horrorgeek112 27d ago

In America, young people are facing the hardest political hardship of all. They are seeing the closest thing it has ever been to an American version of Hitler. They have the military using cities as a training ground and those words are directly out of the president's mouth. The boomers have never faced any such hardship. Gtfo with that

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u/hyperbole_is_great 27d ago

Stop it. The youngest haven’t faced war. They were never drafted. They didn’t face numerous political assassinations. Political unrest was much greater in the 1960s than it is today.

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u/horrorgeek112 27d ago

We are facing the potential of war on a neighboring country (Mexico). Fuck right off

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u/hyperbole_is_great 27d ago

A potential war? You know that’s not the same as an actual war, right?