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The article provides an example of what you're asking for: > "To be perfectly honest, and this is awful, but to the young, watching as the elderly over and ove
by leftyted 7y ago
The article provides an example of what you're asking for:
> "To be perfectly honest, and this is awful, but to the young, watching as the elderly over and over and over choose their own interests ahead of Climate policy kind of feels like they’re wishing us to a death they won’t have to experience. It’s a sad bit of fair play."
I find the whole generational conflict bewildering. To me, blaming "the elderly" for "the climate crisis" and "saddling us with debt" seems stupid beyond words.
- pasabagi 7y agoThey do tend to vote for tire-burning candidates, on the whole. I personally feel there's a sort of vicious circle going on between the social isolation of the elderly, the elderly consequently watching too much TV, then (on the whole) developing rather unfortunate political views.
- notduncansmith 7y ago> To me, blaming "the elderly" for "the climate crisis" and "saddling us with debt" seems stupid beyond words. Many in that generation selfishly liquidate humanity’s collective equity in the form of Earth’s natural resources and human health that could have grown and generated interest for generations. From a financial perspective they’ve royally fucked up their stewardship of this account. It’s not a good idea to act like every old person is part of the problem, but we have to remember that death is an important part of evolution, and just aim to be less of a collective disappointment to our own successors.