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I once again find myself apologizing for my country and trying to explain that in 20 years our (very severe) boomer infestation will be fixed and we'll be a rea

I once again find myself apologizing for my country and trying to explain that in 20 years our (very severe) boomer infestation will be fixed and we'll be a real place again. Sorry.

Nextgrid 4y ago
Assuming there's anything left of the country and it doesn't devolve into a lawless wasteland once basic infrastructure like healthcare, law enforcement, education, transport, etc has collapsed.
MattPalmer1086 4y ago
I'm afraid to say that in 40 years, the next generation will be apologising for you. Edit: by which I do not mean to insult you. I am saying that Britain has structural and cultural problems that transcend generations. It's popular for younger generations to blame "boomers", but in reality later generations will come in for the same criticism.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  They will! Though I don't think any generation will every be as spoiled as the boomers. I doubt I'll get to pull half the shit they have even in my wildest dreams... :)
- hkt 4y ago
  Not likely. Millennials aren't undergoing conservatisation with age. We'll likely be the first generation to leave the country better than we found it since the silent generation. There are historical reasons for why this is, too: the looting of the public realm in the 80s was designed to make working class people (largely boomers) think like conservatives by giving them a chance to "win" from their capital (especially houses) rather than their labour. Once you sell this stuff off, there's nothing left to bribe the next generation with, and here we are. I'm sure we will make some mistakes, but we simply don't have the opportunity to do as badly as the current boomers are doing.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  > I'm afraid to say that in 40 years, the next generation will be apologising for you. No doubt they will be deeply critical of our permissive and egalitarian views. I'm disappointed to see that teenagers these days are very much aligned with the Blackshirts, splitting off into increasingly fragmented groups that they define by their weirdass microdifferences. I'll be dead by then, though, but I'll still be right.
Lio 4y ago
I've never quite understood why saying something like this is still socially acceptable. I know that my own Mum and Dad didn't vote for the current government nor do they support blunt, poorly thought out Tory policy. Yet I know so gen z and millennial people that do. If you want to apologise for something why don't you take responsibility for your own ageism, it's repellent.
- kwere 4y ago
  tirrany of majority is a thing, Boomers are one of the majority groups in society thanks to their lower childbirth rate. Hoping their biasies die with them of old age is a meek statement. I'm personally really angry at the amount of debt it will be left as inheritance by our subsidized european parents/grandparents among a lot of other "intergenerational gifts".
- selfhoster11 4y ago
  To charitably interpret parent’s comment, boomerism is a state of mind and not exclusively an age bracket. There are plenty of young boomers and plenty of boomer-aged open minded people.

I once again find myself apologizing for my country and trying to explain that in 20 years our (very severe) boomer infestation will be fixed and we'll be a real place again. Sorry.

Nextgrid 4y ago

Assuming there's anything left of the country and it doesn't devolve into a lawless wasteland once basic infrastructure like healthcare, law enforcement, education, transport, etc has collapsed.

MattPalmer1086 4y ago

I'm afraid to say that in 40 years, the next generation will be apologising for you. Edit: by which I do not mean to insult you. I am saying that Britain has structural and cultural problems that transcend generations. It's popular for younger generations to blame "boomers", but in reality later generations will come in for the same criticism.

LatteLazy 4y ago
They will! Though I don't think any generation will every be as spoiled as the boomers. I doubt I'll get to pull half the shit they have even in my wildest dreams... :)
hkt 4y ago
Not likely. Millennials aren't undergoing conservatisation with age. We'll likely be the first generation to leave the country better than we found it since the silent generation. There are historical reasons for why this is, too: the looting of the public realm in the 80s was designed to make working class people (largely boomers) think like conservatives by giving them a chance to "win" from their capital (especially houses) rather than their labour. Once you sell this stuff off, there's nothing left to bribe the next generation with, and here we are. I'm sure we will make some mistakes, but we simply don't have the opportunity to do as badly as the current boomers are doing.
Gordonjcp 4y ago
> I'm afraid to say that in 40 years, the next generation will be apologising for you. No doubt they will be deeply critical of our permissive and egalitarian views. I'm disappointed to see that teenagers these days are very much aligned with the Blackshirts, splitting off into increasingly fragmented groups that they define by their weirdass microdifferences. I'll be dead by then, though, but I'll still be right.

Lio 4y ago

I've never quite understood why saying something like this is still socially acceptable. I know that my own Mum and Dad didn't vote for the current government nor do they support blunt, poorly thought out Tory policy. Yet I know so gen z and millennial people that do. If you want to apologise for something why don't you take responsibility for your own ageism, it's repellent.

kwere 4y ago
tirrany of majority is a thing, Boomers are one of the majority groups in society thanks to their lower childbirth rate. Hoping their biasies die with them of old age is a meek statement. I'm personally really angry at the amount of debt it will be left as inheritance by our subsidized european parents/grandparents among a lot of other "intergenerational gifts".
selfhoster11 4y ago
To charitably interpret parent’s comment, boomerism is a state of mind and not exclusively an age bracket. There are plenty of young boomers and plenty of boomer-aged open minded people.