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I see a lot of complaints about boomers but I never see a strategy from younger people about what they themselves are planning/doing to make the world a better place.
When I was in my teens and 20’s I heard the same complaints about how older people left us a ruined world. And then everyone proceeded to do exactly Jack shit about it, myself included.
But at least I voted, every election, every time.
That's funny, I didn't.
I was young X, and we were brutally bulled and abused by Boomers.
The problem is: The boomers were idiots, they never had to learn anything, things were simple, the economy was good, why would they have to think, their parents gave them everything on a silver platter.
The GG were awesome btw, learning from them was like learning from wise elders, especially in engineering. The problem was Boomers didn't understand anything but were so overconfident that they actually knew everything, and when you tried to explain to them where they were wrong they considered it an attack and again went full metal Karen.
You are being willfully ignorant then
Willfully ignorant of what?
I always try and take advantage of double sided printing when it is available. And my partner and I both drive reasonable vehicles and not oversized gas guzzlers.
As far as addressing the boomer problem, I've been just waiting for them to age out as the ones I know don't respond well to logical or rational arguments. The boomers I know that are supporting Trump lack critical thinking skills and struggle with abstract thinking. This has made them easy prey for conservative media that for one seeks to short circuit any higher order thinking by triggering fear responses in their viewers.
If I had three wishes, I'd use one to try and fix this problem by massively expanding our education system. We are saddled with an antiquated system designed for a time when factory workers were needed and scheduling had to be done around farm labor availability. So I live in a progressive city and our state is finally doing free school meals. How insane that in 2024 there's a need for free meals in a rather rich country and also a good chunk of our population are opposed to giving out free food.
Lol voted? Why?
The first election i could vote in was reagan vs mondale. what a joke. And then bush vs dukakkis, fucking who cares. And then the obviously full of shit lying clinton. And dole and his diapers. And nepo baby moron bush junior vs tipper gore trying to ban heavy metal's husband? Clowns. That was a genx voting life early on.
I didnt start taking politics seriously really until after 9/11 and watching the whole country go fascist. United we stand my ass. Started voting, campaigning, volunteering then.
Believe it or not, the people who were complaining about the problems may not be the same exact people who are causally continuing cause problems.
You want a plan? Just stop putting CO2 into the atmosphere and work backwards from there to adjust industry and society. Some industries will simply need to be shut down.
`> bUts THats NoT A plAn!
Yes it is. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Too many people think you can have an active, ever consuming economy that exists within a finite system for an indefinite time scale.